Yesterday I visited Laithwaites’ large wine shop in Vinopolis, near London Bridge station. I tasted a selection of the range and then had lunch with buying director Justin Howard-Sneyd (above)…
An unusual but lovely natural Chenin
This is something rather different. A natural wine, with no sulphur dioxide added, and slightly sparkling: it started sweet and refermented in the bottle. 600 bottles made. It’s another from…
The (potential) new drink drive limit
Some observations on the plans to reduce the drink drive limit in the UK from 80 mg alcohol/100 ml blood to 50 mg, suggested by the North Report. 1. The…
Cricket and wine
Spent the afternoon playing cricket at Hampton Wick, a beautiful ground set in Bushy Park. It was the Wine Trade versus Balls Brothers, a 20-20 fixture. We batted first and…
Eric and Ollie on natural wine
A really good article by Eric Asimov on natural wine (and an accompanying blog post by Eric on the same topic) has got people talking. Ollie Styles, formerly of Decanter and now…
Seen on a Pinot Noir vine leaf…
…this intricate array of eggs. Not being an entomologist, I haven’t got the ability to identify them. They’re incredibly beautiful, but I removed the leaf just in case the little…
The next London Gastronomy Seminar: meat cookery and sous vide
A plug for the next London Gastronomy Seminar, which is on meat cookery and sous vide. Westminster Kingsway College, Victoria Centre, Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PD 22nd June, 6.30pm, duration:…
Recently on the main wineanorak site…
Some recent additions to the main wineanorak.com site: Framingham: unsung heroes from New Zealand’s Marlborough region Muhr-van der Niepoort: Austria’s best red wines? AA Panevino: remarkable natural wines from Sicily…
A chance to taste the Gold medal-winning wines from the IWC
On 30th June at Lord’s cricket ground there’s a nice chance to taste many of the gold medal-winning wines from this year’s International Wine Challenge. The IWC is proud to…