So the bit about ‘nice wines’ in the title was an understatement. The wines were spectacular. It was the Primum Familiae Vini lunch at The Square, one of London’s top…
Lunch at La Trompette with Scali Pinotage
Lunch at La Trompette today, the Nigel Platts-Martin restaurant out in the wilds of Chiswick, west London. It was very good indeed. Starter: smoked haddock and creamed leeks with grain…
Dinner at the wonderful Viajante with Dirk Niepoort
Sensational wines. Sensational food. Just what you want on a cold Tuesday night in January. Dirk Niepoort, one of the winegrowers I respect the most, was in town, and he…
A visit to Haskell and Dombeya
OK, it’s a holiday, but I’m in wine country, and so it’s a chance to add in the odd low key visit. I agreed to lunch at Haskell Vineyards’ Long…
Lunch at Launceston Place
Took my significant other for lunch yesterday at Launceston Place. Last time I was there was on 10th September 2001 (I know the date because of my blog from that…
A great ‘modern Russian’ lunch in Novorossiysk
Had a little bit of time to look round the port city of Novorossiysk yesterday. Its seafront has been redeveloped very attractively, and there’s a huge old battleship moored in…
Lunch at The Sands End followed by football at the Cottage
Great day today. Met up with Joe Wadsack and Stuart Bowman-Hood for our annual Man City v Fulham lunch and football game. Replacing Will Willis was Andrew Thomas, who was…
Some traditional Portuguese food and Graham 1980
I’m in sunny Porto, heading off to the Douro today where vintage 2011 is just starting. So, snatching a few minutes on free wifi (all hotels should offer this) in…
Spirits and food at Le Gavroche
A most unusual dinner on Thursday night, at one of London’s top restaurants, Le Gavroche. It was a spirits dinner with Mangrove (who are the spirits arm of Coe Vintners)…