Alsace
I’ve just smelled this and I’m totally taken with it. Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg L31E 2004, Albert Boxler A heady, opulent nose of rich fruit and powerful minerality. The …
Australia
We had pot roast lamb with Dan and ‘Non Stinky’ Jeff last night, they brought this around to drink after dinner. Shame we didn’t have any cheese to go …
Recipes
We got a 2kg boned shoulder of lamb from a reliable source and decided to cook something new with it. It was a total success. To make this staggeringly …
Recipes
What remained after sandwiches and much picking at that 3.2kg chicken was used in to make some stock. Just stick all the bones, bits of skin and stuff that …
Burgundy
The question is, how much better village Burgundy can you get? None, none more better. Morey-Saint-Denis 2002, Domaine Dujac This nose is alive with ripe, charming fruit. Once again …
Cider
Westons seem to make most of the cider that one can find on supermarket shelves. Henry Westons Special Reserve Vintage Cider 2008, 8.2% A rich nose of apples with …
Buying recommendations
Fascinating to try, and good to have something in such rude good health after nine years. Meursault Premier Cru Perrieres 2000, Pierre Matrot A very linear, direct and focussed …
General
We cooked a 3.2kg Sheepdrove Organic Farm chicken with the aid of some tarragon, chives and butter. Firstly shove loads on butter under the skin, then cut up the …
Fast food
Some people have a good idea and then fail to have the successive good ideas that make the first one work. This is very much the case at Viet …
Cider
Badger Apple Wood Cider, 6% This may not be the most heroic, the most characterful, or the most generally complex cider I’ve had in my life, but it is …
