andrewgale, Author at Gales Wine Bar

Spring Cleaning

14th March 2019
by andrewgale

Spring Cleaning Spring is here! We have had Christmas, survived the winter blues and it’s time to really start the year and put your things in order. Nothing is better than a great big chuck out, clean up and fresh start with both space, stuff and habits. Here is what you should do when you […]

Apres Ski

14th March 2019
by andrewgale

Apres Ski Those lucky enough to get a catered chalet for themselves in the Alps this winter may well notice what I have. The free wine included in the deal is OK. Maybe it’s because the fresh air and the physical exertion makes me “need” the wine a little more – maybe it’s the romantic […]

Maturity

14th March 2019
by andrewgale

Maturity What’s better than sharing an amazing bottle of wine with the best of friends? If you’re like me the answer is “very little” but I can think of one thing. When you have nursed that bottle of wine through many a year, resisting the urge to drink it right until that perfect moment when […]

Storing Wine

14th March 2019
by andrewgale

Storing Wine Drinking wine is the greatest! It brings people together around the dinner table, injects a lighter mood to the proceedings and tastes complex enough to make each bottle an experience. What could be better than that? A bottle you have kept and nursed through its adolescence until it has reached perfection. Rather than […]

Travelling round New Zealand

14th March 2019
by andrewgale

Travelling round New Zealand I had decided to go into the wine trade after University and was lucky enough to get the chance to travel before starting work. I wanted to see the world but also obtain an intensive insight into a wine area. New Zealand seemed to fit the bill, being as far away […]

Cheese and wine matching

14th March 2019
by andrewgale

Cheese and wine matching Cheese and wine go together, as long as there is cheese there will be wine and vice versa. Today, however, it is considered trendy to match cheese with other libations. Cheese and cider matching or even different Scotch whiskys have been used to create different, more surprising combinations. I am here […]

Amerone

Amerone So, as I am writing this I am in Verona visiting Amarone producers – a tough job I know but someone needs to do it! The area has always been on the top of my list, not only because of the iconic, crazy wines it produces but also because, although every wine trip is […]