Picking up Spaniards in London

One of the best things with being in London is roaming through tiny, cozy wineshops. One of the worst things with being in London is paying tiny, cozy wine shop prices post-Brexit. Bottle Apostle in Victoria Park Village was a pleasant exception to the rule. The prices were moderate, the selection showed a nice balance …

Getting back in the saddle

It’s been two years. And what I thought to be A Second Spring in Oslo turned out to be just a short respite between waves, scares and shut-downs. In the small pockets of time in-between I’ve somehow managed to open two restaurants, get married, have a child, sell my apartment and move back to Sweden. …

A Second Spring in Oslo

A semblance of normality as well as wine tastings are slowly returning to Norway.

A Consideration of Character

Is it possible that we sommeliers sometimes go just a teensy-weensy bit to far in our devoted pursuit of wine?

The Three B’s

She repeated it several times. “When you talk about Bairrada you only need to remember the three B’s.” Now I have a dirty mind, and the three B’s I first recalled were not exactly “Bical, Baga and Bairrada“, but it is undoubtedly a good mnemonic when it comes to memorising one of Portugal’s few wine …

The New Year

The new year hasn’t started until the wine fairs do…