Wine Vosne Alone
Vosne-Romanée blew me away the very first time we met – Pinot Noir as I had never known it. “I just don’t get red Burgundy, it’s just all a bit…
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Meursault & Megadeth
“Can I offer you something while we talk? You wanna beer or something? Wine?” We’re backstage at the 02 Centre in Greenwich, two hours before showtime: 17.30. Dave Mustaine walks…
California Dreaming
As Sideways opens on the stage in London, Zeren Wilson reminisces of his time spent in the vineyards of California. CODE Quarterly, Issue 7
MCK Grill
The Only Way Is Woodford? Let’s get this out of the way first: I am an Essex boy. If anyone has early dibs on taking the piss out of Essex…
Take it Away
“What on earth is wrong with you?” The question comes out of nowhere, a sly uppercut into the soft underbelly of my fragile (often) sense of worth. “I mean, seriously. What is…
England Sparkles
The rise of the English sparkling wine industry has seen its bottles move from “plucky outsider” status to champagne-beating cellar essentials, claiming a record number of international trophies along the…
German Doner Kebab
KEBA-Brand Döner: from the Turkish ‘dönmek’ (to turn) ‘German Doner Kebab’. Say what? Spotting the sign for GDK (with an off kilter ‘G’ haunting the background) while walking along Islington’s…
Zin Bitch Strikes Again
3 Ball Zinfandel is a blend of grapes from three Californian counties, made by a chap known out there as ‘Zinbitch’. True story. Christian Tietje has acquired this memorable moniker…
Missive from Manhattan
New York State Of Mind Battered. Bruised. Brutal. Stepping back onto Heathrow tarmac last week, these were the three brothers running through my mind, after a delayed and nerve…
Ellory
Nothing Amis “And a love story (I think), of all strange things, so late in the century, so late in the goddamned day.” — Martin Amis, London Fields London Fields…
