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Time, gentlemen.

Well, I think we all knew it was coming: time to bring a close to Quaffle. It’s not as gloomy as draining the bottle, though — I’ve decided that wine, like food and cookery, is important and beautiful enough that I’m going to incorporate it more into the main blog, The Cutlery Drawer.  I just [...]

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Sleepless nights

So, with one thing and another going on in my life lately, I have spent a lot of time thinking about my relationship with wine.  I love wine.  Absolutely love it.  Beer is refreshing, Guinness lovely, spirits fun, cocktails wicked: but wine standas alone.  It is my nectar, my tonic, my beloved.  Take a fun, [...]

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Uncorked!

Pop!  Whee!  Champagne all round and welcome to Quaffle! My stalwart Concise Oxford gives the definition of “wine” a full 8.5 centimetres of definition, which isn’t too shabby.  Its first definition reads: “wine 1. n. Fermented grape-juice as alcoholic drink (dry and sweet, still and sparkling, white and red wine).” Frankly, I don’t think that [...]

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