General
When walking around San Sebastian or Bilbao it is easy to be impressed at the very large number of bars that one can frequent. In the evenings most serve …
Other
We are off to the Basque country on Saturday so there will not be any entries here whilst we are away. We have some great restaurants booked, but drinking …
Spain
We are off to the Basque country on Saturday. We have meals at the following restaurants booked: Zortziko , Bilbao Rekondo , Donostia Bodegon Alejandro , Donostia Mugaritz , …
General
This is another good that is on sale in Sainsbury’s at the moment. Duché de Longueville Cidre de récoltant Normany varietal cider “Gros Oeillet” 2005, 5% The nose has …
General
I am a big fan of good cider, this is a relative bargain from Sainsbury’s. This is made by Westons in Herefordshire, who make some very good ciders. Taste …
Alsace
We had guests around last night for home-made baked beans and rather good sausages; I thought robust wines would go best with them. Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 2003, Trimbach …
Burgundy
I’ve done the harvest in Burgundy in the past, it is extremely hard work. Here is this year’s harvesting team from Domaine Dujac in Morey-St.-Denis. They don’t look as …
Recipes
Today I am cooking baked beans to have with some rather nice sausages from Sillfield Farm; the bacon in the recipe also comes from there and it is the …
Buying recommendations
As ever, Burgundy is high on my list of priorities. Meursault Les Perrières 2000, Domaine Joseph Matrot: Refined white Burgundy for ageing. Matrot wines often require over ten years …
London
This is a new opening in London and it has already got a lot of good press so I was looking forward to lunch there. Even though some of …
