The Knackered Mother's Wine Guide: Because Life's too Short to Drink Bad Wine

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Yep, me too – but with a little know-how, navigating your way around the wine shelves or the wine list needn’t be complicated. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.

I formulate blog posts in my head on the way back from the school run, on the train, in my weekly Pilates class (don’t tell my teacher, I’m supposed to be concentrating on my core strength). Wine is about far more than just what’s in the glass (although that’s important too); it brings us together and helps us to find a moment to stop, connect and share stories.Made in the same way but with different grapes and from a neighbouring region in Italy, it makes for a properly refreshing change. When I did Saturday Kitchen with Jason Donovan recently I had to be reminded to not stare at him when he wasn’t speaking because it was a bit of a giveaway. And once I got lost in the ITV studios doing This Morning and walked into the wrong dressing room to find three Love Island contestants in their swimming trunks. Well, there was the actress who came on a chat show, apparently didn’t drink and then polished off the entire flight of sherries before we even got to the tasting. I live in the New Forest so I’ve got The Pig and Lime Wood down the road and my local pub, the East End Arms, is brilliant too.

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Her fabulous book, The Knackered Mother’s Wine Guide, is a stress-free, fuss-free guide to choosing great (and great value) wine for every occasion.

You have also as a result had a fair bit of contact with celebrities along the way, can you share any good stories with us?So by the time people were reading it that weren’t actually related to me, I’d developed a format and style that felt right.