Category: David’s diatribes
Bordeaux
I’m just engaged in a little exchange of text messages with a chum. He asks if he should buy 2005 Jamet Cote-Rotie for £20 a bottle. Brilliant wine at …
Cider
My last post on the vat of cider the neighbours and us necked last night may not have been entirely transparent. Like wine, cider is a partially spoiled product, …
Rants
In my review of Valvona and Crolla I had a go at the corkscrew issued to our waitress. Just so we can be abundantly clear, the kind of corkscrew …
Drivel
The National Health Service have set up a swine ‘flu helpline. I called it but all I heard was crackling.
Ceramics
At the crack of sparrow-fart tomorrow morning the partner and I will be going to Edinburgh. We’ll check out the wine merchants and, even better, we will go and …
General
I am as English as the day is long and therefore I like little pleasures. When someone offers an English person a cup of tea they will respond with …
Non-alcoholic
I’m in the mood for coffee. Luckily I have a brilliant espresso machine that uses Nespresso pods. Now you may be thinking Nescafe coffee is shit, and so did …
Fast food
I love fish and chips, a fantastic meal which suits the requirements for a quick lunch very well. With mushy peas, obviously. Yesterday my local establishment, the Fish and …
Rants
I just had a piece of wonderful Lincolnshire Poacher from Neal’s Yard Cheese Shop in Borough Market, this reminded me of the ‘Borough Market shopping experience’. It is a …
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