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 - 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...

THE SWIG BLOG In my younger days as a chef in a fancy pants restaurant, I remember decanting occurring when an expensive wine was ordered which afforded the lucky customer their own private performance. The wine would be ceremonially delivered to the table, coated in a thin layer of cellar...

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...