Scared of being labelled as an old-timer has-been with yesterday’s palate? Want to stay relevant in the modern world of wine? Want to be able to hang with the cool…
Lunch at Francis and Bronwen’s place
Lunch today at Francis and Bronwen Percival’s place in Borough Market. As you’d expect, fabulous food and drink. Also present, Neil Beckett and Jasmine Hirsch. It was a lovely afternoon,…
Meeting Pepe Raventós
I popped into Mission E2 last night before dinner to meet up with Pepe Raventós. What a dude. His family have been super-important in the development of Cava – until recently…
2014 in pictures (2)
Continuing the year… April is the International Wine Challenge, which takes a couple of weeks – it’s a nice time of year. It was also the Real Wine Fair, which…
Wine & Culinary forum: the Primum Familiae Vini tasting
The Primum Familiae Vini are an association of top European wine domaines, and we were treated to a tasting of some of their wines, presented by Christophe Brunet, wine ambassador…
The Lidl fine wine sale, full notes on all the wines
Lidl have just launched a fine wine offering. Titled the ‘Lidl Premium French Wine Collection’, they have purchased a large quantity of decent French wine and are selling it at…
Some great wines at lunch, including Cristal, Faiveley Corton and Schlumberger GC Saering
After judging the Roederer Awards on Tuesday, we repaired to Chez Buce, where – naturally – we popped a couple of bottles of Roederer’s Cristal. This was followed up with…
In Vancouver
For one night only. I arrived in Vancouver yesterday afternoon, just in time to watch the second half of England v Uruguay at a bar in the airport with my…
On sweetness
I love Alsace wines. More so for just having come back from this most beautiful of wine regions. When can I visit again? I want to plan another trip. One…