Alsace
These wines just slipped down a treat, good drinking for a random Tuesday evening. I didn’t report the tasting in detail, but the Sorg VT was clearly the best …
London
Guest blogger ‘Non Stinky’ Jeff Home reports on one of London’s other steak houses. After hearing that it was the best steak in London, we decided to indulge in …
Fast food
As far as horrible, horrible Woolwich goes Viet Baguette is a veritable stream of bat’s piss – by which I mean it shines out like a shaft of gold …
Burgundy
Ah red Burgundy, when it is good it is totally irresistible, but things don’t have to be expensive to be good, quality exists at many levels. These two were …
Bars
When you sit in a waiting room packed with screaming children for half an hour because the receptionist refuses to give you your prescription for anti-lunacy drugs until you’ve …
Burgundy
Yesterday I had the great pleasure to dine at Hawksmoor, London’s best meat restaurant, in the company of some engaging and entertaining chaps. Many thanks to Guy Dennis for …
Champagne
I scored a bunch of 2009 Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Riesling Kabinetts and I thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast them. Peter was in Town so he came along …
Polls
The new design for Elitistreview has been live for a few weeks; I hope my regular readers have got over the shock of change and are finding it an …
Burgundy
Since writing up my two tastings in Germany I’ve been furiously dismantling the flat trying to find my lost my tasting notebook – it seems to have disappeared. Bit …
Bars
I have the questionable fortune to live in Woolwich. My flat is nice enough but to get anywhere remotely civilised requires 25 minutes of sharing a train with the …