Waiting for the Postman. La Mare Wine Estates On the north coast of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, you will find La Mare Wine Estates. Popular with tourists and local alike, La Mare produces a range of products including wines, gin, vodka and brandy, chocolates and biscuits. The reason for drawing your attention to this establishment , is the result of a crisis which has arisen in our house in respect of marmalade. Or, to be more precise, the lack of marmalade. Not only does La Mare produce the products referred to previously, they also produce a comprehensive range of preserves. Black Butter (a Jersey specialty), Jam from raspberries, summer fruits, strawberries etc, mustard's and mint jelly are in abundance in the shop, together with of course marmalade, particularly my favourite, orange marmalade. I first discovered this, for me, breakfast essential, some years ago on one of our frequent visits to the island. As we invariably...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/uncorked-no-10s-wine-list-revealed-9117072.html Uncorked: No 10's wine list revealed In the cellars Austerity. If we are all "in this together", it seems to me that, just for the duration of this difficult period due to the "economic mess we inherited from the last government", Osborne, Cameron and the rest could set an example and get their wines from Asda at 3 bottles for £12. In the real world
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/07/mps-demand-cheaper-alcoho_n_3228805.html?utm_hp_ref=uk MPs Demand Cheaper Alcohol In Commons Bars Hard on the heels of, "MP's complain dinner expenses are not enough" (as reported on 4th April 2013), comes this latest example of what has become an outrageous and patronising insult to the people of this country. By calling for cheaper alcohol prices in the Commons' bars and restaurants (already subsidised by £5.8 million of taxpayer's money), these "Honorable members" demonstrate a complete lack of empathy with a society where austerity rules and almost one million people rely on foodbanks to feed their families. Not satisfied with fiddling expenses to augment their already extortionate salaries, they seek to inflate their daily food allowance and now pay even less for their wines, beer and spirit...