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The countdown to Christmas is imminent with the 1st of December now lurking just around the corner. The shops are starting to fill to the brim with shoppers out for the perfect gift, our trees are going up (if not up already) and our diaries are chocka-block with dates for xmas tipples and work dinners....
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the wine butler
It’s no secret that us Brits like a tipple and over the years our taste for the grape has taken wine drinking from merely a connoisseur’s game to an integral part of our social and cultural lives. In fact, a recent poll by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association showed that wine is now the...
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oldenburg vineyard
I have always enjoyed a glass of wine, or two, or three so when I had the chance to visit South Africa’s wine region, Stellenbosch, during my recent trip, I jumped at the chance. Just an hour’s drive from the bustling cityscape of Cape Town, Stellenbosch is like another world. Rolling countryside vineyards sit one after another...
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Trying to stay healthy is easier said than done and if you are like me, then you don’t have the strongest willpower. I am constantly craving chocolates after dinner and always wanting salty snacks in between meals. Kicking those bad habits can be really tough often nothing but a failure trying to do so. So...
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 “Count your blessings instead of sheep” – White Christmas (1954) Around Christmas time every channel is taken over by companies competing with each other for the title of ‘Best Christmas Advert’. We know Christmas has begun when the ‘Coca-Cola’ advert first plays and we all wait to see what ‘John Lewis’ have come up with....
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Follow the road down Park Street, past the Banksy and off in the middle of a dark street you wouldn’t have otherwise noticed, you’ll see a red light, at first you’ll overlook it but it will call your name. Pick up the public telephone and a lady on the other line will ask how many...
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My incredible, amazing and romantic boyfriend Cam surprised me with a trip to Croatia, Zagreb for my birthday this year and here is what we got up to on our city break to a place that stole my heart. Croatia you were beautiful… Agava Etched into the side of a hill Agava is Zagreb’s answer to fine...
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As a single woman, my loathing of Valentines Day is more often than not put down to my significant lack of a significant other to share said romantic day with. But contrary to this belief my avid dislike of the pimped up, sugar coated commercial holiday is in fact a lot more deep rooted than...
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