Tag Archives: Nepal

Manang Valley Boutique Winery – Apple Wine in the Shadow of the Annapurnas

Posted on 04/12/2024 by dccrossley

Whenever I visit Nepal, my recent trip being my eighth time there, I usually have some kind of drink-related story to tell, although it’s not always about wine. One of the most enduringly popular articles on my site is about … Continue reading →

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Food for a Change…the Wonderful Cuisine of Nepal

Posted on 30/11/2021 by dccrossley

As some readers probably know, I’ve been in Nepal, hence the quiet month of November. It was a last-minute rush, to see family, as soon as the country came off the “Red List”, and perhaps timely looking at how the … Continue reading →

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Nepal – A Month Drinking Differently

Posted on 04/05/2018 by dccrossley

Take a fish out of water and it stops breathing, but what happens if you place an avid wine drinker into an environment where there frankly isn’t much wine, or at least not the kind of wine readers of this … Continue reading →

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Tongba, A Study of Emptiness

Posted on 04/01/2016 by dccrossley

Tongba (also variously spelt Tongpa, or तोङवा in Nepali, and roughly translating as “emptiness”) is the drink of the Limbu people of Eastern Nepal, but despite some vigorous arguments on the Web, it is also commonly known as Tibetan Hot Beer. Whatever its … Continue reading →

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It was the best of times, the worst of wines…

Posted on 26/03/2015 by dccrossley

We all make lists of the best wines we’ve drunk, I guess, and it seems a little mean to talk about the worst wines we’ve drunk. But then it has to be said that not since the dark days of … Continue reading →

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