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           <title>&quot;It's all a bit mad . . . but I like it!&quot;</title>
           
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  “Curiouser and curiouser!” I think as I walk around what used to be the blacked out door to the Cricketers Arms on Iffley Road. I am looking for a way into the new gin joint that has taken its place.
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           <title>Micro flights: a little bit of what you fancy</title>
           
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  Have you ever been sitting at dinner, craving a juicy steak, when your partner orders the fish of the day? What wine do you get then?&nbsp; Do you order wine by the glass accepting the limited choice? Or do you get a bottle knowing that it won’t quite match one of the meals?
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           <title>Wine tips from a man of impeccable taste</title>
           
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  THE Theatre in Chipping Norton is renowned for its Christmas pantomimes, award-winning shows and famous patrons.
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           <title>The secret gardens for sun worshippers</title>
           
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  Last weekend gave us a hint of summer.  Temperatures barely touched 20 degrees and Oxonians responded by leaving their houses and movie theatres to join the al fresco crowds outside.  Girls in shorts rode up the High Street on their bicycles. Young mothers in skirts pushed prams down George Street. Men munching magnums wandered along the Cowley Road.
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           <title>Always a reason to celebrate with Malbec</title>
           
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  There appears to be a day to celebrate all kinds of weird and wonderful things. January 13th was rubber ducky day.  Thousands of the little yellow bath friends floated down international waters brightening up a dull January.  International Pillow fight day invaded Trafalgar Square at the start of the month.  Feathers flew making Nelson look like he was standing watch in the midst of a snowstorm. Yesterday was “World Malbec Day.”
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           <title>Yes, it's cold outside but it's no rum deal</title>
           
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  Oxford Alcademic tastings feature rum at the start of the year.
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           <title>Friday pick-me-up stops me from seeing red</title>
           
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  I dread Fridays. It is always the last day of a long weeks work. This past one ended disappointingly by a dinner cancellation. My mood did not improve with a wet cycle down the Botley Road. I tried entering the Oxford Wine Company’s shop quietly so I wouldn’t disturb the Argentinean tasting in session. The loud pinging as the door opened made that impossible.
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           <title>House wine was from wrong place</title>
           
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  What I am about to say next will probably result in my wine ‘re-education.’  I can already hear the tut-tutting from colleagues, and twitter followers dropping me like a tarnished penny. However, some of my best deals come from supermarkets.
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           <title>A whisky master class</title>
           
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  "Isn't anythin' Ah got whiskey won't cure." – William Faulkner
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           <title>Savouring a wines's best description</title>
           
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  When you hear the word savoury, you think of cheese, meat pies, or olives and nuts. You rarely think of wine.
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           <title>Skinny wines take weight off mind</title>
           
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  January is over and thankfully, so are those detox diets. It is time to look ahead to spring, but don’t ruin that beach body you sweated over all month. There are alternatives to big red wines that are lower in alcohol and in calories.  Wine makers are answering a demand and wines up to13.5% abv are more popular than ever.
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           <title>Mixing the traditional and modern</title>
           
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  “Wine is not made to be watched- it is made to be drunk!”
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           <title>Best wines when it pays to go big</title>
           
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  The Rickety Press at 67 Cranham Street, in Jericho, is adding a few new dinners delectable.  Last Wednesday they launched their Champagne & Oyster night. It was so successful they carried the oysters through Valentine’s Day and into the weekend. It continues Wednesday night as long as the month has the letter 'r' in it. Customers also get £10 off any bottle of fizz they order.
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           <title>Lovely Champagne is worth a pop</title>
           
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  Valentine’s Day is dangerous.&nbsp; Plan too much and you can be accused of falling for the corporate advertising ploy.&nbsp; If you ignore the holiday altogether, you obviously don’t care.
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           <title>The Big Society is a &quot;youth club for adults.&quot;</title>
           
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  Walking into the Big Society on Cowley Road feels more like walking into a quirky Californian watering hole. Historic wooden locker doors front the bar.  Glazed tiles and funky artwork hang on the walls. A bottle cap stamp emblazoned with Big Society and reminiscent of 1960s Cuba, is scattered on the old school furniture.
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           <title>Lighting up Burns Night</title>
           
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  Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race! -&nbsp;Robert Burns.
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           <title>Band celebrates the brighter cider</title>
           
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  Sammy Hagar has Cabo Wabo tequila.  Marilyn Manson won gold in 2008 for his Mansinthe Absinthe.  Now Oxford’s The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band has Rabbit Foot Spasm Band cider. It all started last summer at the very wet Faringdon Festival where The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm band was headlining. Rory Souter, of the Cotswold Cider Company met Stuart Macbeth, the bandleader and an idea evolved to launch the band’s own cider.
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           <title>Enjoy a retro revival with a Babycham and brandy</title>
           
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  After weeks of lavish wines and luxurious Champagnes it is time to relax and have a bit of fun with your beverages. On Christmas Day I popped into my local pub, the Bookbinders, and was surprised to see a scattering of Champagne Coupes filled with a golden sparkling liquid. This was not a wedding; this was a “retro revival.”  It was Babycham.
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           <title>From Champagne to rum; recommendations for New Year's Eve</title>
           
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  New Year’s Eve is all about celebration. I wanted to find out how Oxford’s drink experts in the Champagne, restaurant and spirits industry were planning to ring in the New Year.
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           <title>Last chance to pick up your plonk on Christmas Eve</title>
           
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  While most of you picked up your festive fizz at wine fairs months ago, there are still a few who have yet to brave the shops. Maybe, you are hoping things will calm down, and you can pop to the grocery store Christmas Eve and pick up that perfect bargain. More likely you will end up with a bland wine for a truly disappointing dinner.
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