Cointreau L’Age d’Or, The Golden Age of Cocktails Limited Edition

If you read this blog you should  know by now how much I love Cointreau, a terrific orange liqueur hailing from Angers. Just in case you were living on another planet and didn’t know about…

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Cointreau Blood Orange

  Cointreau Blood Orange Cointreau is a liquor which is made by the process of a triple-copper-still-distillation, commonly referred to as Triple Sec. It is produced in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou, France. It is consumed as both an…

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Bains Cape Mountain Whisky

Who knew that South Africans made whisky, and not only that, but Bains Cape Mountain Whisky, a homage to Andrew Geddes Bains and Cape Mountain, is made 100% from sun-kissed South African maize (corn). It…

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France: 36 hours in Angers

  Angers The beautiful city of Angers is located in the Maine-et-Loire (Pays de la Loire region) in the western-centre of France – it is the capital of the Maine-et-Loire department. Angers is 266 km…

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London, Brasserie Blanc Southbank

Brasserie Blanc Southbank Back in January, I spent a day in Oxford with some friends.  We walked around, took some photos, chatted and drank a few glasses of wine. Our last stop was Brasserie Blanc…

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