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Tasted: Boroli Barolo Piedmont Italy

By Martin Isark Tasted Modern Style Boroli Barolo? Barolo is made from the thick-skinned nebbiolo grape that’s grown in Italy’s Piedmont region. There are two styles of Barolo, the Old Traditional and the Modern. There is much debate, over the last twenty years or so, which is the better, but whichever style, a Barolo wineContinue reading “Tasted: Boroli Barolo Piedmont Italy”

Tasted: 30 & 25 Year Old Tasgall Blended Whisky

By Martin Isark What’s this 30 & 25 year old Tasgall whisky at sixty and fifty quid a bottle? Tasgall is not a Scottish distillery or a blue chip brand, but a super-premium blended ‘private label’ whisky that has been created by Asda’s Spirit Buyers. Should you grab it or leave it? 

Can I Eat It? & Flahavan’s Porridge competition

Can I Eat It? food & drink app and blog for savvy shoppers, has teamed up with Flahavan’s, the award-winning Irish oat producer, to offer ten lucky winners the chance to win a delicious Flahavan’s prize.  Flahavan’s has been milling the finest oats for over 200 years and its Organic, Jumbo, Original and Quick oats – areContinue reading “Can I Eat It? & Flahavan’s Porridge competition”

The Speyside & Highland Drams are Perfect for Burns Night

By Martin Isark With good reason, most Scottish distilleries lie in the Speyside area or in the surrounding Highlands. The cleanly flowing rivers, peat and easy access to high-quality barley mean that the distilleries there always have an economical edge over those on the islands, where higher production and transport costs have led to theContinue reading “The Speyside & Highland Drams are Perfect for Burns Night”