So I arrived in Singapore late afternoon and headed out of the airport to meet with YiXin, Jules, Gavin and Hsien Min, eager partners in crime when it comes to…
Cape Wine: lunch at Bizerca, Cape Town
So, after a busy morning tasting, the Cape Wine Brits met for lunch at Bizerca (www.bizerca.com), a lovely French-themed bistro. There was a good buzz in the air, helped by…
Some nice food here in Catalunya
So, I have been eating quite well over the last couple of days. Dinner on Tuesday evening was at Cal Ton in Vilafranca (www.restuarantcalton.com). Not flashy, but just very good….
Lunch at the Glasshouse, Kew, with Brian and Marion Smith of Elgin Ridge
Kew’s Glasshouse has to be one of the best places to lunch in London. It’s the sister restaurant to the equally impressive La Trompette in Chiswick, and together this pair…
Dinner at le Mange-Grenouille, Saint Aignan sur Cher
Another nice dinner, this time at le Mange-Grenouille in Saint Aignan. No frogs: just some delicious wines and really impressive food, including a really nice pigeon and one of the…
Dinner at Le Bon Laboureur, with nice Loire wines
I’m in the Loire, with Tim Atkin, Sam Harrop and Annette Scarfe. We’re here to judge Loire Sauvignon, and last night we were joined by some Loire growers for a…
Lunch at the Square with some nice wines
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…