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Fall in love with Magnum cream liqueur this Valentine’s Day
Scotland’s leading Scotch malt whisky cream liqueur, Magnum, is now offering free delivery across mainland UK in time for Valentine’s Day. Baileys rival, Magnum, is crafted and bottled in Edinburgh and has quickly established itself as the tipple of choice for people in Scotland, the rest of the UK and around the world, who are…
Read MoreA spring fling in celebration of the daffodil
Throw off the winter blues with a visit to Rossie, the art and science-inspired garden packed with colour and creativity. Caroline Thomson is passionate about her work in preserving the heritage collection of Backhouse daffodils at Rossie Arts Garden in Fife with her husband Andrew. An artist and sculptor, who is a direct descendent of…
Read MoreRipping up the rulebook with a life less ordinary
The unconventional life of Laurence Oliphant took him from priviliged son of the British Empire via mysticism to Zionist pioneer. Seldom has there been a more romantic or amply filled career; never, perhaps, a stranger or more apparently contradictory personality,’ declared an obituary, published in The Times in 1888 for Laurence Oliphant, a man who…
Read MoreWINE TO DINE – MARCH 2020 – PORK
Scottish Field wine columnist and drinks blogger Peter Ranscombe pigs out on five pairings in praise of pork. FEW beasts are as versatile as the pig. From pork and ham through to bacon and sausages, I’d find it almost as hard to give up the truly scrumptious creature as I would steak. Pork’s versatility is…
Read MoreThe Scot who committed high seas robbery
When con artist extraordinaire James Henderson vanished with a Clyde steamship, it was just the warm-up act for a drama played out across four continents that stunned the world. The notice in Glasgow’s Evening Citizen on 12 February 1881 was as short as it was shocking: ‘Vessel Lost, Stolen or Strayed from the Clyde.’ The…
Read MoreMargaret River: where tradition meets experimentation
Arguably Australia’s most-famous winemaking region, there’s far more to Margaret River than Bordeaux and Burgundy lookalikes, as Peter Ranscombe discovers. TEXTBOOKS will tell you that Western Australia’s Margaret River is an interesting blend of Bordeaux and Burgundy, producing red wines from cabernet sauvignon and white wines from chardonnay. While it’s only natural for wine drinkers…
Read MoreWorldwide sailor Gillian is having Burns Night at sea
A Scotswoman sailing around the world will this year be celebrating Burns Night at sea. Gillian Donald (50), from Edinburgh, has just completed half of what she considers to be ‘the biggest challenge of her life’ – the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, as part of the Imagine Your Korea crew. She enthused: ‘It’s…
Read MoreThese New World wines will rock with your new wave haggis dishes
Whether you’re serving your haggis with neeps and tatties or nachos and pizza, Peter Ranscombe has some ideas for vinous accompaniments. ARTICLE one of Scotland’s constitution clearly states that all haggis must be consumed alongside neeps and tatties, while sipping on a dram of Scotch and wearing a kilt or tartan skirt – right? Wrong!…
Read MoreFive-bedroom property is tailor made family home
A late Victorian double-fronted five bedroom detached granite property is now on the property market. Presented by Savills, Glencairn was built during 1901 at the behest of James Moir, tailor to the Earls of Aberdeen at Haddo, who made his fortune in the Glencairn gold mines in South Africa, from where the house derives its…
Read MoreWhy I still can’t quite put my finger on ‘minerality’…
Peter Ranscombe goes into full ‘wine geek’ mode with an exploration of what ‘minerality’ might mean when it comes to wine. FLICK through the tasting notes for bottles of wine and it’s not long before you start to spot patterns emerging. Pinot noir tends to taste of red fruits like strawberry, raspberry and red cherry,…
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