Category Archives: Restaurants/wine and food
An evening at the Savile Club with Michel Prunier
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An unexpected – but very enjoyable – evening of good wine, good food, and good company at the Savile Club on Wednesday evening. I did not have high hopes for a nearly 20-year old wine from an unassuming Côte de … Continue reading
Currying favour at the Sri Lankan High Commission
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Tagged Cricket, England vs Sri Lanka, Lord's, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan food
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Today (8 June) I went to the Sri Lankan High Commission in Hyde Park Gardens for – I couldn’t believe my luck when I was invited – a lunch reception with the Sri Lanka cricket team, which is currently touring … Continue reading
Black and Blue: Dinner at Cecconi’s with Giuseppe Negro
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Recently I was invited to Cecconi’s – “the best breakfast in London”, a wine merchant assured me – to have dinner (not breakfast) with Giuseppe Negro of the Piedmont winery Azienda Agricola Angelo Negro. Marta Sobrino of Wellcom PR in Alba … Continue reading
Orient Express: Beer, wine and canapés at Pacific Orient
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On 11 May I was invited to attend a “Food4Media MediaPlace” event – “A Taste of the Orient” – at Pacific Oriental on Threadneedle Street, right in the heart of The City and completely surrounded by our friends in the … Continue reading
Review of Capote y Toros
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My review of the recently opened Capote y Toros bar and restaurant in South Kensington has just been published by Wine Behind the Label.
St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel: A sneak preview |
On Monday 21 March I was invited to taste some wines and have lunch at the still-officially-unopened St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel. It had a soft opening last week and will be officially opened on 5 May. Originally called the Midland … Continue reading
Creek mythology
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On Tuesday 18 January I was invited to 28°-50° (sic), my friend Xavier Rousset’s recently opened City restaurant, where the new releases of Jacob’s Creek Regional Reserves were presented to me and other wine bloggers. I have happy memories of … Continue reading
Candid Camera at Point Bulles
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I was in Paris a couple of weeks’ ago to meet with friends. Of course it was bloody freezing and I was trying to shake off a heavy cold before my 20-hour flight to Adelaide. Really I should have stayed … Continue reading
Weingut K+K Kirnbauer at Galvin La Chapelle |
Having been the sole UK representative at the Austrian Wine Challenge in Vienna for the last two years, I’ve become increasingly familiar with and interested in Austrian wines. On 24 November I was invited to taste the wines of Weingut … Continue reading
A Soho Bacchanal
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Tagged Blacks Club, Franco Manca, Giuseppe Mascoli, Groucho Club, Rose Prince, Soho
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On 21 November I was invited to Blacks club in Soho for one of its infrequent Sunday “Bacchanalia” lunches. Blacks is owned by Giuseppe Mascoli, who also has an interest in Franco Manca pizzerias and Aubert & Mascoli wine merchants. … Continue reading