Bacchus of the Net – Metaxa 12 Stars Edition

In 1971 Captain George Trikiriotis left the Greek island of Samos to join the merchant navy. After years tackling the tumult of the Irish Sea, he retired. Still proudly toting a mariner’s hat, his days are now spent tending to his family vineyard on the mountainside of Ampelos, at the north of the island. I’m…
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It Gstaaded with a Kiss – The Gstaad Palace, Switzerland

Lusso’s resident priapus, Donald Twain, takes the slow train to arguably the finest Alpine resort in Switzerland and the white wet stuff gets everywhere. Etc.   Of course you’ve been skiing before. Loads, I imagine. So why bother reading about some odd-named nobody going to Switzerland and falling down a mountain? Well, because skiing done…
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Donald Twain: The Gland of Make Believe

Why? Have you hit your fat head? Are you on the glue again? This was the response that most gave me when I told them I’d ridden from John O’Groats to Land’s End, unassisted, on a bicycle. The journey was 950 miles from end to end and not even for charity – “just cuz, I…
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Donald Twain: Putting the Con in Concept

Have you been here before? OK, can I explain the concept for you?’ How I haven’t suddenly and irreversibly turned into Heath Ledger’s Joker after hearing those words remains inexplicable. It is the tip of a deeply cynical iceberg – one of the principal problems with eating out in London. Give yourself a moment to…
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