THE SWIG MALBEC   There are Maladjusted malcontents, malignant malingerers and maloderous maladies like malaria. You can maltreat, malign, maladminister and malproportion or be in a malaise but of all the ‘Mals’ I’ve met and the one I like the most is ‘MALBEC’ Now, I have a long history with...

The SWIG - Cabernet Sauvignon Feelin’ in a mood to rejoice, for I was young(ish) and free and havin’ decided on a plate of good Aussie Kangaroo girt by sauce, I cast an inquisitive glance to the wine list.  Lookin’ down the reds I chanced upon a name that made...

THE SWIG - Big RED   There was movement at the wine bar, for the word had passed around That Big RED from AWBS was on it’s way…   Sitting in me favourite wine bar one cold and stormy night, I was entertaining an exotic little Italian, she had a...

BARRELS There was man called O’Farrel Who had the proportions of a Barrel ‘Are you for real?’ asked a bloke Just by way of a Joke ‘Nah, You’ll find it’s only me apparel’   I was sittin’ at a bar one fine evenin’  sippin’ on a schooner of fine old...

THE SWIG BLOG. Let me introduce myself, I am the Swig. Brother of the more famous The Stig, you know the guy in the helmet on Top Gear. We travelled different roads; his of burnt rubber and aromas of hot oil and tarmac, mine one of wine stained teeth and...