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This summer’s drinking craze?

3 June 2010 No Comments
This alcoholic ginger beer is very easy to drink, could it be the next drinking fad of the summer? If so I feel at the cutting edge of cool. …
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Alsace

Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg L31D 2003, Domaine Albert Boxler

3 June 2010 No Comments
This is showing hints of maturity but still has lovely ripe fruit and serious mineral complexity. Quite delicious and clearly top Riesling; yeah! I’ve just finished my glass and …
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Burgundy

I rather liked the ham

31 May 2010 1 Comment
We dropped by our lovely friends, James and Katie, for dinner; the ham was brilliant. The wines were decidedly good too, apart from a totally knackered bottle I brought …
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Australia

General drinking for Non-Stinky Jeff’s birthday!

27 May 2010 7 Comments
It seems Hawksmoor is our favourite restaurant in London at the moment; it is certainly London’s best meat restaurant. They indubitably delivered the goods when celebrating Non-Stinky Jeff’s birthday, …
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This is how I go out dressed for dinner in the summer

24 May 2010 2 Comments
I’m a sex god in my pink jacket and flowery shirt. And I’m drinking Savennieres, yeah!
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Is it me or or is this decanter vastly suggestive?

20 May 2010 6 Comments
If you ask me this looks incredibly rude, bit then I suppose my mind is in the gutter… either that or Georg Riedel has a message for us he …
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General drinking

Today at the London Wine Trade Fair

20 May 2010 No Comments
Year after year I’ve been attending the London Wine Trade Fair (oh I am so very, back-throbbingly old…). It strikes me, alas, that the density of quality kit on …
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Some things you remember no matter what
Australia

Some things you remember no matter what

18 May 2010 1 Comment
I was awake between Tuesday morning and Sunday Morning. I thought I would manage Sunday with our lunch guests, but was so tired when they arrived that as I …
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Fine wine, fine food and fine company
Burgundy

Fine wine, fine food and fine company

11 May 2010 2 Comments
Last week a select few of the wine taster illuminati who were at Oxford contemporaneously with me travelled from far-flung corners of the world to meet at Hawksmoor for …
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London

London’s best pizza

8 May 2010 No Comments
On Thursday I took a break from the radical weight loss program to enjoy lunch at Santa Maria Pizzeria – ranked by Time Out as London’s best pizza establishment. …
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