Do you know how much you drink?
	2:06pm Thu 3 Jul 08
	Three people have asked me how many units of wine I drink a week in the last four days: the osteopath, the dentist and my friend who popped round for supper. I suspect my average consumption is something like a bottle and a half to two bottles a week. I was brought up thinking that there were six glasses in a bottle and that one glass roughly equalled one unit. So, there I was thinking I was somewhere between a nine to 12-unit a week girl. From The Oxford Times

Wines for Wimbledon

1:32pm Thursday 26th June 2008

The house I grew up in had large French windows that opened up on to the garden and the public pathway beyond. In the same way that it offered a perfect vista from which to watch the village comings and goings, so too passers-by were able to keep their eyes on us. From The Oxford Times

Pick a fruit day to open the wine

9:29am Friday 20th June 2008

I have just emerged from one of the most frustratingly inconclusive tastings I have ever taken part in. Four of us were assessing 30 wines of varying styles, with a view to including them in a new wine list. From The Oxford Times

Taking rosé seriously

4:38pm Wednesday 4th June 2008

I'm not that old and I can't claim the decades of wine trade experience that many of my colleagues can. Despite that, I can still remember the days when a producer would put forward his bottle of rosé only after we'd worked our way through the more serious' reds and whites. From The Oxford Times

	Beauty of South Africa and its wines
	1:45pm Thu 29 May 08
	If there is a country that I have visited which I regret not having had more time to tour its wineries, it is South Africa. We holidayed there a couple of years ago, travelling from the Waterberg to the north of Johannesburg all the way to Cape Town via the Great and Little Karoos. From The Oxford Times

Some recommended books on wine

2:22pm Thursday 22nd May 2008

If there is one thing that I buy as compulsively as wine, it is books. I have, quite literally, thousands of them; some 400-odd cook books at the last count. From The Oxford Times

Wine quiz

12:00pm Friday 16th May 2008

I know we're not quite at the final May Bank Holiday but as this coincides with English Wine Week, I've decided to run the May Bank Holiday Wine Quiz a little early. So, whether you whiz through it now or decide to keep it until the holiday, good luck! From The Oxford Times

	A wine masterclass from Australia
	10:48am Thu 8 May 08
	Last week I was sat in Australia House taking part in a masterclass aimed at capturing "the past, present and future of Australia's leading wine expressions". From The Oxford Times

	Give Portuguese wine a chance
	2:50pm Thu 24 Apr 08
	There is no denying that some wine producing countries have got it easier than others when it comes to making their presence felt in the UK. From The Oxford Times
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	A night at The Harrow, Little Bedwyn
	4:47pm Thu 17 Apr 08
	There are lots of things I love about eating out - the (hopefully) lovely food, the ear-wigging and people watching and savouring every mouthful, and, top of my list, that you are safe in the knowledge that you are not responsible for washing up. From The Oxford Times

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