Firstly these words won’t do this tasting justice, led former Chairman and founding member of our group. As well as the fantastic wines shared from his cellar he has unlimited stories about his time in the wine trade and the wine makers he got to know throughout his career. Just one example was his friendship […]
— Having popped into Viet80s new street food venue last week I went to my older posts to build on my review of their original restaurant. Only to discover I’ve never done a review, surprising given I’ve eaten there a few times. I’ll do a short reprise before my recent experience. It’s among the many […]
After our foray into some little known grapes last week we were in familiar territory with one of this country’s favourite grapes, Malbec. My perception is probably tainted by how ubiquitous it is and I don’t see it as too ‘serious’ but could a full tasting on it change my mind? — — Duo du […]
With few big ticket openings in the last year Taquero was the long awaited new restaurant from the team behind Iberico. If you have been following them on social media you’d have seen, likely with envy, some food trips to Mexico to put together their vision for the new venue. I think the transformation from […]
I decided not to write about last week’s tasting, sake. Whilst it was excellent and illuminating it would have been challenging to summarise succinctly. That said this week there was more to learn with a region I knew little about, Savoie. It’s situated in the South East of France, skiing country and its landscape dominated […]