Back to one of my favourite places yesterday, for a lovely lunch. The Glasshouse, Kew, is worth a detour. The wine list is really creative and diverse, the service is…
Lunch at Mission E2 with some nice Californian wines
On Thursday I had lunch at one of London’s most exciting new wine destinations: Mission E2, the second venue from Sager & Wilde. It’s a beautiful space in a nicely…
Two superb whites: Radikon 1993 and Shobrook Giallo 2013
So, on Wednesday evening I had one of the best pizzas I have ever experienced. I met up with buddy and fellow Beer Anorak Daniel Primack for a spot of…
Amazing wine lunch at Torres with El Celler de Can Roca
El Cellar de Can Roca is one of Spain’s most celebrated restaurants. Run by the three Roca brothers, Joan, Josep and Jordi, and based in Girona, it has the full…
Dinner at Cañete, Barcelona
So it was Monday evening in Barcelona. Fiona, Trevor, Treve and I headed down from the hotel to the Plaça Catalunya, and from here down the tourist-infested but still very…
Highlights from the Wine & Culinary Forum, Barcelona (2)
So here are more highlights from the Wine & Culinary forum here in Barcelona. You can read Part 1, here. Noted Spanish wine journalist Victor de la Serna interviewed Asia’s…
Some highlights from the 2nd Wine and Culinary Forum in Barcelona (1)
Yesterday the 2nd edition of the Wine and Culinary Forum was held in Barcelona. I was here to give a talk on minerality in wine, and I’m happy to send…
Matching wine and Indian food at the fabulous Gymkhana, with Sue Sethi
On Monday night I was at Gymkhana, one of London’s most happening restaurants, for an Indian food and wine matching dinner with wine buyer and co-owner Sue Sethi (pictured above)….
So restaurant wine lists are too trendy?
So restaurant wine lists are too trendy? Sommeliers guilty of forcing their esoteric tastes on punters? Should restaurants give their customers what they’d like, rather than what they should like?…