Women buy 80% of home-drinking wine

According to recent research ,  British women choose and buy eight out of every 10 bottles of wine that are drunk at home. The study also found that  a third of British women who enjoy wine as a treat at the end of the day admit that they prefer to drink it alone – in [...]

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How to make an economy class flight more comfortable

Unfortunately First Class flying is not for the average person and most of us must settle for Cattle Class (Economy Class) when flying. But there is a few things you can do to make an economy class flight more comfortable. Here are a few tips
Wear comfy clothes. They might not look amazing, but at least [...]

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Planning a picnic for two

A picnic can be the most romantic time ever but if you don’t plan , it can flop badly. They say with picnics – “If you fail to plan you plan to fight”. Here are a few useful picnic tips.
Planning a picnic for a loved one can be the most romantic time ever spent together. [...]

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Ice-cream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream

We’ve made it through another winter and the summer is upon us. Summer time is beach, pool and Ice-cream time. Have you ever wondered where this amazing treat comes from and who was the clever guy who added the cone the ice-cream? Here are some cold, hard truths about the treat.
Ice cream as we know [...]

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The benefits of being a chocolate lover

Chocolate has been many a dieter’s kryptonite but there is a few benefits of this wonderful snack. This ultimate feel-good food keeps your heart healthy, mood up, and it can be a cravings buster.
Find out what this natural ingredient can do for you.
Heart helper
A study in the Journal of Nutrition found that people who [...]

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Simple rules for food and wine matching

Food and wine pairing is much simpler than you think. The main rules are to enjoy yourself and that the food and wine must both taste great on their own. If you remember this and follow these guideline food and wine matching will be a breeze.
There are no rules
The first and most important rule. There [...]

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It is divine to open a bottle of wine

The process of opening a bottle of wine is underrated. The sound set the mood, the effort emphasizes the anticipation and then the pour of wine is instant gratification for all your efforts.
Ken Mageau once wrote that “I don’t know how I missed this part of wine enjoyment, but I did: How do you get [...]

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How to look good on photos

For many of us, the mere thought of having our picture taken is enough to keep us far away from any social gathering. Here are a few easy tips to master the art of looking like a million bucks on photos.
For many of us, the mere thought of having our picture taken is enough [...]

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Life is too short to only enjoy one style of wine

The famous quote goes “Life is too short for bad wine”.  I would like to add that “Life is too short to only drink one style of wine”. There is wide variety of wine styles in SA but some people just get stuck on one cultivar of wine.
South Africa has a great wine [...]

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Chill that wine

Wine is like revenge. Both are best served cold. But just how cold?How cold the wine should be depends on type -red, white or pink – plus grape variety, flavour profile, quality level and even where it was made.
Americans and South Africans are generally faulted for serving red wine too warm and white wine too [...]

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