On Saturday, in the spirit of summer, we went up to Richmond Park and had a picnic in our own local Royal Park. Picnics are perfect for pasta salads and we prepared a pesto, olive oil, Greek feta and tri-colour fussily salad garnished with roast pine-nuts and fresh chopped basil. Picnics should be cheap...

The British love a picnic - it conjures up lazy days under the hot sweet sun, but did you realise the French inv ented them? The origin of the word picnic is French (piquenique ) and signifies ... brought their own wine. The word picnic is based on the verb piquer which means 'pick' or 'peck' with the rhyming nique meaning "thing of little importance". The outdoor concept of a picnic did...

If you happen to find yourself out and about on a day in early March where the sun is shining and it’s warm enough to eat outside you just have to declare a ‘picnic emergency’. That may not be a legal requirement, yet, but if I ruled the world it would be, or at least of ‘snow day’ status. In such an emergency Marks and Spencer is perfect for grabbing sandwiches, salads, smoothies, fruit...

Somebody just asked me what I was doing on Labor Day. I thought it strange they ask so far in advance, then glancing at the calendar realized it's this coming Monday. How did that happen? Where did summer go? As we approach the last picnics of the season, I just tasted two wines that are picture perfect picnic wines. Both are from the 2007 vintage and produced by Oregon's Willamette Valley...

Make picnicking easier with Picnic Time's Metro Quattro, a four-bottle wine tote made from super-insulating, high-density polyethylene covered with sturdy, polyester canvas. An outside pocket holds your corkscrew for speedy uncorking. And since no picnic...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: F.Drazka Post Time: 07-04-2007 at 09:54 PM

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It's not your average pic-i-nic basket. (I'm doing a very bad Yogi Bear imitation there if you are under 35!). Sonoma County is loaded with wineries and picnic facilities at wineries to boot and lucky wine journalist, W. Blake Gray,... Continue...

Forum: Antonio Galloni's Italy Report Posted By: Chris McNeil Post Time: 04-17-2008 at 09:51 PM

Make picnicking easier with Picnic Time's Metro Quattro, a four-bottle wine tote made from super-insulating, high-density polyethylene covered with sturdy, polyester canvas. An outside pocket holds your corkscrew for speedy uncorking. And since no picnic...