Drinking with Phill and Mags - May 2024
This month we have been eating at and talking to Hambledon vineyard enjoying their new Cellar Door dining experience. We also variously celebrate and lament our choice to undertake some more training in wine and beer. Our grape of the month is Bacchus and Mags have a jolly nice recommendation. P…
Drinking with Phill and Mags - April 2024
The tension builds as exams approach for both of us! We have news of rivers of wine in Spain, paper bottles in Aldi, and reflect on alcohol duty. Mags fills us in on Cabernet Franc and comes close to guessing Phill's recommendation. We visit the the South Downs Natural Mineral Water company and lea…
Drinking with Phill and Mags - March 2024
This month Mags starts to feel nervous about French Wine and Phill signs up for a few beers and talks to Natalya the beer queen of of WSET - the Wine and Spirit Education Trust. We explore the seafood friendly wine of Muscadet, hear a German fairy story from the DDR, delight in the news of the Bri…
Drinking with Phill and Mags - February 2024
Another programme overflowing with drinks news, recommendations, observations and silliness. We explore the Torrontes grape from Argentina, chat with Christina of Camber wines, begin an exploration of the lost pubs of Petersfield, and we learn about the Disney day drinkers (!). Both of us are gea…
Drinking with Phill and Mags - January 2024
In this new year's edition we take a look back at some of our favourite stories from 2023. Mags is off for some winter sun but not before leaving some well chosen memories.
Drinking with Phill and Mags - December 2023
We feel we have to warn you Phill breaks into song during this Christmas episode! We will bring you the wonders of Algeria, Test Valley Gin, Christmas cocktails and wines as we have a bit of fun preparing for the festive season.
Hawkins Bros English wine shop opens
Finally opening this Friday for the switch on of the xmas lights we hear the story of how the Petersfield wine triangle was created.
Drinking with Phill and Mags - October 2023
October or stop-tober? we have plenty of exquisite drinks to consider but in our spirit of "less but better" we also speak to the alcohol education trust and learn about their work, which brings a couple of surprises. Maybe not quite on the exquisite scale Phill considers the mistake of white zin…
The alcohol education trust
With stop -tober coming up Mags , of drinking with Phill and mags fame, had a chat with Helena Conibear of the alcohol education trust to get their perspective on how best we can all, young and olde, manage drinking better. For more information their website is at https://alcoholeducationtrust.o…
Drinking with Phill and Mags - September 2023
This month we are revisiting the fizz fest and taking on board the harvest predictions for France and England. Phill reports back on Canadian wine and a classic french region. Mags talks tax, and drinking days - we reckon they need to go together in that order! Grape of the month is Furmint and …