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Top 4 wines under AED100 (column 2)
5 commentsAs you read my second wine column for FooDiva (here's the first one if you missed it), many of you will be back to the daily grind with work, school runs and emails piling up. It’s time to...
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Top 4 wines under AED100
4 commentsWe start a new season with a new bi-monthly wine column on FooDiva written by Luca Gagliardi, one of Dubai’s most seasoned sommeliers, who I have known since his early days here at Gordon Ramsay’s Verre in...
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12 cheese and wine nights in Dubai
5 commentsCorrect me if I am wrong, but in most cases, one either loves or loathes cheese – there’s no middle ground. A little bit like our relationship with olives and celery. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, so I always veer towards...
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Champagne tips and rosé recommendations for Valentine’s Day
1 commentI get that you are stressed – the day that your loved one has long been anticipating is obviously extremely important to ensure continued enrollment in the world...
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An interview with a Krug ambassador and her champagne tips
4 commentsShe’s the brand ambassador for the House of Krug. No she’s not a celebrity, but the head of business development for Europe, Middle East, Africa, Canada and Latin America – a role that has...
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Meet two of the world’s best mixologists; cocktail trends and tips
4 commentsTwo of the world’s best bartenders, or mixologists if you prefer a hype word visit Dubai within the space of a week; both are hugely different in how...
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Cheese and beer pairing – an interview with a Belgian affineur
10 commentsWhen I first reviewed Café Belge for FooDiva back in early March, I broadly enjoyed the food, but expressed some mild skepticism about whether a...
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See, swirl, smell, sip and savour
10 commentsDubai; Which country do you reckon is the number one producer of wine in the world? If you don’t mind, I’ll keep you in suspense a little longer – but what I will tell you now is the fifth is China...
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What’s in a bottle of water?
7 commentsDubai; Now we’ve all been preached at some point in our lives about the importance of drinking water, in fact a minimum of 1.5 litres a day. But how often do you ever consider the quality of the water you’re gulping down? And I am not referring to bottled versus tap water – but mineral […]
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