Category: David’s diatribes
Site News
Yes, it is yet another blog about food, but hopefully one that will amuse and entertain anyone who feels like dropping by. This is a personal site, with the …
Site News
I suppose I just have too much time on my hands, but after a very polite and charming email asking if Elitist Review was a family of sites I …
Rants
One of my favourite philosophers wrote a paper in a philosophical journal, the paper was called ‘Relativism is absolutely false’. Not only is this hilarious, it is also right. …
Rants
Sometimes I worry that my tastes are somewhat narrow. I like French wine, Burgundy most of all, and a few villages in particular. I’ve written up four Domaine des …
Site News
elitistreview.com is a very personal site, I did not put it online expecting a lot of visitors. Yet, this month I’ve apparently had over three hundred unique visitors, many …
Rants
Whilst drinking this Riesling from Boxler my thoughts turn to how much I love Riesling. It is just such a versatile grape, from dry, linear excitement, via rich, fat …
Rants
Of my rather minimalist achievements this year some of the best have been to get on the private clients’ list of a few producers. On my visit to Alsace …
Rants
So said Brillat-Savarin, and he has had a cheese named after him so he must have been a gentleman of taste and style. When I think back to some …
Burgundy
It is my birthday soon, sadly. A few friends are meeting up for a nice meal and the wines have already been decided upon. Oddly there will be a …
Rants
The last wine written up is my idea of a fine wine. It is balanced, interesting and beautiful. I admit some good wines may lack one of these factors, …
