It’s about time I took a foray back into the more distant past for a fresh King’s Ginger adventure. Luckily enough, I have had one up my sleeve for a few months, ready to unleash on my loyal readers at the most opportune moment! This particular story revolves around sparkling wine (and horses), and what…
Tag: cocktails
The King’s Brands
Welcome back to everyone’s favourite historical features on my blog, namely, Edwardian history in association with everyone’s favourite tipple, The King’s Ginger! This time, I wanted to delve a little deeper into the marvels of the Edwardian age. Or rather the products and brands that were invented and launched in the reign of Edward VII…
Glorious Ginger
It’s really about time I did this particular King’s Ginger Adventure, but it’s only been now that the timing has been right and the stars have aligned to enable me to go. Glorious Goodwood, I came, saw and conquered you (sort of), all in the name of The King! Goodwood Racecourse has a long and…
The King’s Mistress – Sister Agnes
Good afternoon/morning/evening (delete as applicable to timezone) one and all, and welcome to my latest King’s Ginger adventure! Before I go on, there has been a big change at the KGL HQ, with distribution switching to Mangrove and this means world domination is on the horizon! Expect big things and hopefully even wider availability for…
The King’s Laureate
It’s that time again! I enjoy writing these posts for the King’s Ginger so much – digging through the history of fascinating people and places that had some association with King Edward VII give me much pleasure. I hope you enjoy reading them as much! With that, it’s time to delve into the life and…
The King’s Wheels
As the seasons turn, it becomes less appropriate to drink The King’s Ginger neat (to warm one’s cockles), and more of a time to start thinking about long, cold cocktails to drink in the warm sunshine. Or maybe it’s just the two days of sunshine we had that’s made me do some seriously wishful thinking!…
Ginger Winger
The time has come my friends… for another King’s Ginger post! This one is about a subject close to my heart – fashion – and the story about how the styles of the times led to some drastic intervention by a very altrustic Edwardian lady, whose actions soon met with approval and the award of…
Vintage London: Eating, drinking & dress up
Oh hi! How are you? You’re looking fabulous. It must be because the sun’s out in the UK and everyone looks so much sexier all of a sudden. I still have lots of things to tell you about that I’ve already done but before I do, I have two awesome things to tell you about…
31DOVER – Drinks delivery with Panache
Last week, I popped along to the launch of a new booze-related venture – a website called 31DOVER. It sells an array of wines, spirits and premixed cocktails, with the focus heavily on high quality, personalised customer service. The site is ‘run’ by a character called The Barman, who is a bit of a rogue…
Edwardian Society Christmas
In my final King’s Ginger adventure for 2012, I decided, perhaps unsurprisingly, to do something seasonal. I wanted to write about the Edwardian Christmas – what they ate and what they might have done for entertainment – and after only a few moments of research, discovered that a nearby National Trust property, Polesden Lacey, had…