More music to the taste buds

Johan Strauss: ‘A waltz and a glass of wine invite an encore’, so waltz into 2011 and an encore of wines with a musical theme. Yet another octet to get a Handel on (did we squeeze that howler in before?), but quaffing vino can be more ‘glug glug’ than ‘Gluck Gluck’. Remember not everyone can tell their Donizetti from their Delmonte or a crochet from a quaver. The cheese ones go nicely at a wine tasting – Domaine Francois Crochet Sancerre 2006 (Averys, £10.99), an excellent if rare Loire white. A refreshing start.

 

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Tune in to a selection of musical wines

‘Who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long’ (Martin Luther). So, music, wine and good cheer this October as we go into winter. What musical wines to put onstage this month? A concerted effort and the spirit of Brahms and Liszt has been invoked deeply at many rehearsals – a symphony of drinks.

On a roll with motoring-inspired wine

A bit 1940 and 1950, this three-car team-Alta – Prosecco Corte Alta (£8.99, Majestic). Nice bit of fizz. The wine may be Italian, like the name, but the cars came from Surbiton. They also made engines for Cooper.

Krishna Sethia looks at the rising alcohol content of wine

The other day my friendly gastroenterologist (colleague – I am not a patient yet) was bemoaning the increase in the number of acute admissions and the well-publicised increasing amount of resource that the NHS is having to spend on alcohol-related conditions.