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Australia

Lunchtime drinking with Mac Forbes

22 June 2010 1 Comment
Lunch yesterday was a real treat for the Elitistreview team. Not only because we were dining at Hawksmoor, London’s best meat restaurant, nor due to the array of ambrosial …
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I call this steak plus accoutrements 'lunch'
London

Lunch at Hawksmoor, the best meat restaurant in London

22 June 2010 2 Comments
Hawksmoor most definitely delivered a ludicrously high quality lunch experience. There are no words I can add to this picture: Shame about the background lettuce, eh?
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General

Crap like this gets on my moobs

22 June 2010 No Comments
Having read this article I discover that the National Institute for Health and Clinical excellence are a bunch of meddling busybodies who feel they have the right to dictate …
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Alsace

Happy Thursday one and all!

17 June 2010 No Comments
The Roulot was fabulous, but I was a touch worried about the Cote-Rotie when first popped. Meursault les Tillets 2001, Domaine Roulot The nose has some buttery richness – …
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Australia

Celebrating the start of the week

14 June 2010 4 Comments
The start of the week can be a difficult time, so the Woolwich team decided to ease its passing with a few glasses of wine. Semillon 2007, Moss Wood …
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Fast food

If you are in the city on a Sunday

14 June 2010 No Comments
The City is slightly un-nerving at the weekend, all of those tiny, winding streets between skyscrapers that are totally devoid of people make me more than a hint spooked. …
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Buying recommendations

German 2009s courtesy of Howard Ripley

10 June 2010 No Comments
It was a great treat to spend the morning tasting through a range of German 2009 wines, so many thanks to Sebastian Thomas of Howard Ripley for inviting me …
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Australia

Two quick notes on two lovely Pinots

9 June 2010 5 Comments
It appears an ’06 made it into our allocation of Mac Forbes, we decided to compare and contrast with the ’08. Pinot Noir Coldstream 2006, Mac Forbes I love …
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Alsace

Jean Boxler Riesling can only rarely be bettered

9 June 2010 2 Comments
Second Boxler in a few days, I feel fortunate and downright deserving. This wine speaks to me, and tells me much nicer things than my damned auditory hallucinations. Good …
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London

Where the wine illuminati go for sushi

6 June 2010 No Comments
When I meet my friends the conversation invariably turns to the subject of wine. Consequently it is a great compliment to Sakana Tei, an unassuming little Japanese restaurant just …
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