London
It has been years since I last went to Saint John; I always loved dining on novelty bits of animal expertly prepared. Our return last night showed there was …
General
I’ve mentioned before that The Ginger Pig is the best beef butcher in Town. Last night we got to meet the meat in a more intimate manner as we …
Beer
It seems that real ale is the only type of beer in British boozers to be increasing its sales. Apparently this is due to increased consumption amongst ladies. So …
London
My chums Edward Tully and Peter Palmer (who are also both ex-captains of the Oxford blind tasting team, Peter one year before me and Edward one year after) decided …
General
This morning our great friends Dan Nye and ‘Non–stinky’ Jeff Home invited us around for breakfast. The important parts of it, the meaty things, came from Sillfield Farm. Long-time …
Germany
Weingut Fritz Haag make extremely distinctive wines, which I hope I do a good job of blind tasting. They have a brilliant purity of expression which, whilst you can …
Loire
I have a lot of happy memories of Huet Premier Trie wines from the late eighties and early nineties, this just doesn’t seem to live up to those memories. …
Site News
After having Google click-through adverts on my site for almost exactly two years I have finally earned enough from them to get paid. Wehay! This means my monthly income …
Beer
This is a Belgian-style summer beer. We are told it is not so strong as to lose its refreshing character. Meantime High Saison, 5% The nose has the sweet …
Beer
I’m at The Union, the tap boozer of the quite wonderful Meantime Brewery. I’m meeting that top geezer Peter ‘The Kid’ Palmer for a few academic halves* and I …
