Tucked away in the Derbyshire Dales a discreet stone’s throw for the magnificent Devinshire family pile of Chatsworth is the perfect English Country House Hotel : Baslow Hall. Looking for all it’s worth like a classic 17th century manor House, Baslow was in fact only built in 1907 recreating gabled wings and stone mullioned windows [...]
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The perfect English country house weekend
Posted in Uncategorized, wine, wine country restaurant, tagged food, hotel, wine on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bleu de Chanel
Posted in wine, tagged Chanel, Chateau Canon, wine on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Luxury is synonymous with Bordeaux, reinforced by the well-known presence of luxury conglomerates LVMH and Pinault owning leading estates, Yquem and Cheval Blanc and Latour respectively. Less well know is that couture and perfume house Chanel owns two leading Bordeaux properties, neatly balanced between left and right bank : Château Rauzan Ségla, deuxième grand cru [...]
A Jurassic experience – only a flight away.
Posted in wine, wine country restaurant, tagged hotel, jura, restaurant, wine on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Bordeaux Blonde tested the new direct flight from Dijon to Bordeaux on her way back from Burgundy. This weekend the same route but for different wines. The wines of the Jura are only an jours’ drive away Dijon. One flight 3 wine regions – brilliant! You could do worse than to Start your [...]
