Helen McGinn is the author of award-winning wine blog The Knackered Mother's Wine Club and three books including The Knackered Mother's Wine Guide, Teetotal Tipples and Homemade Cocktails. Helen McGinn is the author of award-winning wine blog The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club and three books including The Knackered Mother's Wine Guide, Teetotal Tipples and Homemade Cocktails.

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.

Useful, interesting and very funny - every woman who owns a corkscrew or knows about screw-caps needs a copy of this book. I’ve done plenty of wine tastings over the years but one particular tasting stands out, not least because I was wearing a gold catsuit and sharing a stage with DJ Sara Cox and comedians The Scummy Mummies with a tent full of knackered mothers. 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. Yep, me too – but with a little know-how, navigating your way around the wine shelves or the wine list needn’t be complicated.

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. 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. My specialist subject is Jackie Collins (natch) and no spoilers but remember it’s all about the taking part!

A bit late but I had a busy start to the year hanging out (literally) in my swimwear doing a wine tasting in a hot tub halfway up a Swiss mountain ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. 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.

Neuware -A knackered mother-friendly wine guide with insider tips on how to choose the right wine for every occasion. From throwing a children’s party (because adults need something fizzy too), planning a wedding or matching wine with food, this book will help you make the right wine choice every single time. Now I know you have not exactly been away as Helen McGinn but the Knackered Mother persona is back with your new paperback…tell us why you are looking to relaunch and update it now and how did that come about? The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.The books will be autographed by the author, Helen McGinn and will include a personalized note to the lot winner. How do you look back now on the whole Knackered Mother experience from when you first started writing your blog and what it has achieved and brought to you? Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. Now, we wouldn’t dream of eating the same thing every night (except for peanut butter on toast, could totally do that) but when it comes to wine we often stick to what we know. Daily Mail Presented in a humorous, chatty style this book is an intelligent, hugely informative wine guide and McGinn is certainly well qualified to pass on advice.

Here she shares the highs of what it’s like being Helen McGinn and the ‘Knackered Mother’ at the same time. From throwing a children's party (because adults need something fizzy too), planning a wedding or matching wine with food, this book will help you make the right wine choice every single time.However, please note the absence of a condition statement does not imply that this lot is in perfect condition or free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of ageing. It is impressive in that it is packed full of interesting information but is also accessible to those who don't understand wine "jargon". Last time round there was a passing mention for organic and natural wines; the same goes for English wine.