From me to me obviously. Cavon de Bacchus is a great place to go shopping when you are in Nuits. The hot tip from Burgundy is to buy Nuits as it is the bargain village of the important Cote, but we are on the other Cote tonight. I think the “lack of Grand Crus which [...]
After me bad-mouthing this producer (possibly un-necessarily, we’ll see if/when the wines come good) my chum Jeremy gave us this to try. Riesling Kabinett Trabener Gaispfad 2007, Weiser-Kunstler This positively reeks of lemon sherbet. I like lemon lemon sherbet very much. It has puppy fat and charm, a really attractive nose that just promises pleasure [...]
My old photoblog at whatinterests.davidstrange.net was all very nice, but sub-optimal in many ways. Also, the webcam software for my phone stopped working after a ROM upgrade… Rising up to replace that site is the Elitist Review Photoblog hosted by that kind chap Mr Flickr. I can upload pictures from my phone, tag them and [...]
Sometimes Dr Loosen wines just seem a bit simple, sometimes they seem like they will not age, but when you buy the right stuff in the right vintages by merkin can they be fantastic. Riesling Auslese GoldKap Erdener Pralat 1997, Dr Loosen Bit orange, which I suppose shouldn’t worry me as it is so old [...]
We have just been to France and liberated a batch of wines. We thought these two would go well with roast beef. Recently, I have been reminded that relativism is absolutely false (good Morey is very Morey-y), so I shall attempt to avoid using any relative comparisons between these two wines. I’ll stick to saying [...]
It is from Sillfied Farm, of course. The wild boar Italian style sausage, pictured below, is a truly thrusting sausage of pulsating brilliance. . I am a fan of their finely balanced, deeply porky, slightly spicy favours. The wild boar Italian style sausage is much the same, flavoured with wine, cheese and chilli, but they [...]
When Dan the neighbour invited us around to nosh on his bloody sausage I was very pleased to see this when we arrived at his flat: They are three different types of black pudding from Sillfield Farm (London’s best pork butcher). The idea was to compare and contrast to see which style was our favourite. [...]
It has been years since I last went to Saint John; I always loved dining on novelty bits of animal expertly prepared. Our return last night showed there was little development with the menu, but the food was still excellent. First, let us get the problems out of the way. The wine list is appalling. [...]
that The Ginger Pig is the best beef butcher in Town. Last night we got to meet the meat in a more intimate manner as we attended one of their beef butchery courses. It was a veritable festival of the very highest quality beef, most instructive too. The evening started off with a introduction to [...]
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