Burgundy
I popped this bottle before my dinner guest arrives to check if it needed decanting: I feel it does. Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Chaignots 2005, Alain Michelot There is a …
General drinking
I had planned to open three bottles of Cornas when Peter and John visited last night, turns out Peter brought along two bottles of Cornas as well. They were …
Buying recommendations
Sorry to my international reader, but these Champagnes seemed such bargains I had to alert my UK reader. Cedric Bouchard has made some of the best Champagnes I’ve had. …
Bars
This time I am starting off with something a bit powerful to refresh me. It’ll be the booze doing the refreshing with this beer as we are told it …
Rest of England
Our final appointment in our tour of South-East England dining establishments was The Hind’s Head Hotel. We’ve been there before, you can read the review here. This visit wasn’t …
Champagne
On our jaunt into the provinces we stayed at Cheltenham’s Hotel du Vin. They had this wine (and Inflorescence) on their wine list for a very reasonable price. It …
Recipes
After returning from our largely disappointing jaunt to the provinces I wanted to cook something new, simple, yet tasty for dinner. A recipe in Richard Corrigan’s excellent The Clatter …
Rest of England
We had heard so many good things about Le Champignon Sauvage in Cheltenham that we had high hopes. A moment’s doubt crossed our minds when we saw the hideous …
Rest of England
This review is going to be difficult to write as, whilst we both enjoyed our lunch, we found it lacking the spark of excitement that makes for a properly …
Alsace
We met ‘The Kid’ Peter at the Greenwich Union for a couple of pints then came back to horrible, horrible Woolwich for a spot of dinner. We drank extraordinarily …