the knackered mother's wine club


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BritMums Twitter Tasting: How To Taste Wine // Helen McGinn

I know, it sounds easy. And it is. But if you don’t swirl, sniff and swill, you’ll miss half the...

Why Do I Blog? // Helen McGinn

Asked by BritMums: ‘why do I blog?’ This is what I said. And I’m really sorry about the swear word...

Why Do I Blog? // Helen McGinn

Asked by BritMums: ‘why do I blog?’ This is what I said. And I’m really sorry about the swear word...

KMTV

So I think we’ve established that this blog is about wine and me. Mostly me. As if I needed any encouragement, I was asked to attend a BMB blogging event last week in London...

W(h)ine Free Zone

I’ve been ill, proper lying-under-blankets-shivering ill, for four days. So no wine for me; just soup, tea and sympathy with a pholcodine chaser. Unable to share wine...

#FAIL

This week, I have mostly failed. Namely: 1) failed to finish my book before Book Club night 2) failed to make any inroads on mountain of washing 3) failed to meet one or two (OK, three) work deadlines...

Comic Timing

Heroines, I’ve had a few: Nightingale (Florence & Annie), Nigella and any number of Jilly Cooper characters included (the ones who weren’t obviously pretty but then became...

The Dating Game

My sister and I found my mother’s latest boyfriend on the internet. Background: post first marriage, she’s not been a great picker. After a string of unsuitables, we decided to take...

The Beautiful Game

I’m not a huge sports fan. I once asked Andrew Strauss if he was following the Ashes. I was making polite conversation, the Ashes was in the news at the time and I had no idea who he was...
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