Apolstolos Thymiopoulos has become a big name, not just literally, in the world of wine. His range has been getting plaudits far and wine and was named ‘Decanter Rising Star’ in 2022. Many of these wines are selling out rapidly when released. Atma White, 2022. The Atma range, of which we tried a red and […]
As a student in Nottingham in the late 00’s Hart’s and World Service were really the only places I’d heard of in the ‘fine dining’ scene. When I started working I visited both a couple of times and was impressed but latterly I felt a dip in quality from World Service and hadn’t been for […]
Very sadly one of our members passed away this year and on Weds evening we gathered, bringing bottles that reminded us of our departed friend. We enjoyed and shared memories over 20 wines, too many to include every bottle this week but I wanted to share a few highlights Erdener Spatlese, 2014 Dr Hermann. I […]
I was due to write this last year, a lost my draft meant to enthusiasm had disappeared, but as a prominent Nottingham restaurant I revisited my notes to cover it today. I have written about Binks Yard, the casual sister restaurant to Cleaver & Wake, previously and with mixed feelings. Despite my lack of positivity […]
A short list this week as the tasting was split between Sherry and Chardonnay. What I know about Sherry would fit on the back of a stamp (and I’ve not learnt to love it yet) so any notes wouldn’t do those bottles justice. Conversely Chardonnay is always competing for my favourite white wine with my […]