Interesting wine and food blogs
I was casually browsing around the wine blogs I usually read (see “Other good sites” on my home page) and found time to follow a few links to new sites I have not seen before. Why not mosey around yourself and see if you like:
Winos and Foodies – Barbara is the Aussie wino and foodie returning after a stint in the land of kiwis. Lively and fun.
Chez Pim – possibly the best travelled and restauranted lady in the blogoshpere. Name a posh resto – she has eaten there.
Wino Sapien – Edward the doctor from Oz who you might expect to focus on wines from down under but in fact reviews wines from all over the world with an elegant writing style.
Pour More – a new blog from Carol, formerly writing at Celebrate Wine. Only a couple of posts so far but already looking interesting.
The Wine Wanker – see through the risqué title (risqué in the UK at least) and you will find Jules, an intelligent and informed wine lover from Wellington, New Zealand.
The Chicken Out Campaign – I used to think Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was a stuck up tosser but his River Cottage TV series got me hooked, and I love his views on animal husbandry and how this relates to the food on our plate. His latest campaign to promote free range chicken in place of the cheap supermarket (2 birds for £5 anyone?) chickens is really important. Cruelly kept in dark sheds at a density of 17 pale and weak birds per square metre, for 39 days without ever seeing daylight, suffering massive discomfort at best, the luckiest birds get lame or diseased, and slaughtered early. This practice has to stop and I urge you to sign up for the campaign. The cost argument does not stack up for me – I would rather eat no chicken, than the cadavers of soulless inmates held to unjustified life imprisonment by supermarket accountants.
Seattle Wine Blog – OK I haven’t really read much of this one. It may be great, but I really included it in memory of the Seahawks glorious victory over the Redskins last weekend and to wish Seattle best wishes for their first post-season win on the road since 1983. Green Bay – watch out. I predict that Seattle will win the NFC Championship but despite my huge optimism, I can’t see them beating the Patriots in the Superbowl.
January 13th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Thanks for the mention! I’m in esteemed company with Pim, Barbara and Jules.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Oh well, I watched Seattle @ Green Bay (well what little I could see through the snow blizzard) and I have to say we were totally outclassed. The Packers deserved their 42-20 victory. Home advantage helps though if you are going to throw weather like that at us!