Mr Gladstone's TikTok legacy
Which wine goes with dolphin? How much is "too much" when you're on a date? And how did William Gladstone influence "WineTok"? And why-oh-why is everyone so determined to be boring about claret?
1. Gladstone’s legacy lives on in “WineTok”
Queen Victoria apparently “horrified” her prime minister William Gladstone by mixing her claret (the curiously English-English term for red Bordeaux) with Scotch whisky. I’ve never dared. Although the food historian Annie Gray says the combination is “dangerously good”. If any readers fancy trying it, let me kn…




