Posts Tagged ‘podcast’
Our July issue and the Heartbeat of Trees in the latest podcast
This week it’s the glorious twelfth – join us as we celebrate the release of the latest edition of Scottish Field magazine. We’re joined by Scottish Field staff writer Morag Bootland to chat about our July issue, which is out this week. We discuss Olive, Mabel and Me, our lead feature this month, looking at…
Read MoreThe name’s Heughan, Sam Heughan, in our new podcast
Scottish Field talks Bond, James Bond, with actor Sam Heughan in this week’s podcast. We present the final excerpt from Rosie Morton’s exclusive chat with the Outlander star, which is in our May 2021 edition which is still in shops and available to buy digitally online. Sam has been tipped to take over the dinner…
Read MoreHonest Grapes: Blending wine with theatre
Wine retailer Honest Grapes has teamed up with theatre company Revels in Hand to mix virtual performances with wine tastings, writes Peter Ranscombe. SO MANY aspects of our lives have gone online during the past year. The trips to the virtual pub; the frustrations of online grocery shopping; the video calls instead of “just popping…
Read MoreExton Park: Tasting the future of English sparkling wine?
Has Corinne Seely created ‘an English Bollinger’ at Exton Park, asks Peter Ranscombe. MOST English winemakers are faced with a simple choice. Make a “vintage” wine labeled with the year in which all the grapes were harvested. Or create a “non-vintage” blend by mixing a small amount of previous years’ wines – “reserve” wines –…
Read MoreHow pinot found a home on the Mornington Peninsula
Australia’s Mornington Peninsula is producing pinot noir in a variety of styles, writes Peter Ranscombe. WINEMAKERS have put up with a lot over the past year. Fewer restaurants to sell their wines, fewer pickers to harvest their grapes, and less sleep as they host Zoom calls for awkward journalists at all hours of the day…
Read MoreNew York, New York: so good, you’ll try its wine twice
Peter Ranscombe explores riesling, chardonnay, and other wine from the Empire State. THINK New York, think skyscrapers, think Broadway, think Sex and the City. But how about, “Think New York, think grapevines?” While Manhatten’s concrete jungle may not be the first place you’d look for vineyards, head inland from the city and there’s a further…
Read MoreLeeuwin and the ‘art’ of wine
Outdoor concerts and a vast art gallery don’t overshadow the quality of Leeuwin Estate’s wine, as Peter Ranscombe reports. MAKING wine is a blend of art and of science. There are the facts and the figures – measuring the ripeness of grapes in Brix or Baumé, controlling the temperature of the fermentation in Celsius or…
Read MoreM&S goes off wine’s beaten track
Peter Ranscombe reviews the new “Found” range of “unexpected and undiscovered” wines from Marks & Spencer. MARKS & Spencer wine buyers Sue Daniels and Belinda Kleinig have had a busy lockdown. After launching Markies’ “Classics” and “This is…” ranges last year, they’ve embarked on their latest vinous adventure – “Found”. This new selection features “unexpected…
Read MoreFollowing the spice route to Azaline
Peter Ranscombe samples a pinot noir-driven vermouth that takes drinkers on a trip to the Orient. ONE of the most exciting aspects of tasting a new drink is pulling it apart to study its components. Why does this wine taste of lemons, and butter, and vanilla? Why does this whisky taste of dark chocolate, and…
Read MoreOutlander’s Sam Heughan is the star of our May 2021 edition
The May edition of Scottish Field is available to purchase now – and it’s a cracker of an issue. Our main feature of the month features our cover star, Outlander star Sam Heughan, in an eight-page interview, in which he gives the lowdown on Bond rumours, Men In Kilts, and his love for the water…
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