Month: May 2011
Loire
I’ve been away from Chinon for too long. My chum Jeremy once opened some 20 year old stuff and it was utterly delicious: light, ethereal, and very, very pretty. …
Fast food
As far as fashionable crazes go Elitistreview is generally so far behind that it is ahead; this must explain our passion for modish banh mi (Vietnamese baguettes). When noshing …
Rhône
I suppose this is a bit off of me, the poor chap does need a rest after all those years of hard work, but I was so disconsolate when …
Burgundy
For those who missed my hyper-decanting larks you should check out the video in that post for a highly disrespectful method of getting tough, unyielding wines to be a …
Australia
The Elitistreview team met up with top London wine-merchants Lance Foyster and Isabelle Clark for lunch today (Franco Manca pizzas are good, but we thought the service in their …
Burgundy
Let us face it, most of the time plain boiled potatoes are pretty dreary. Even baby new potatoes that are not over-cooked still fire up passion only vanishingly rarely. …
Hungary
Sometimes one forgets how fortunate one is. Editor Daniel pointed out this bottle of dry Tokaji in Fortnum and Mason and asked if it was worth buying as he …
Burgundy
When you pop a few bottles with your chums just for random drinking you don’t always expect them all to deliver superior, serious drinking value. I did very well …
Fast food
There is a mind-bending amount of pointless drivel on the internet, so when you encounter a rare gem of useful intelligence you feel you have done very well. A …