Drinks report: Wines to Buy Now
Don’t we all deserve to drink good wine at the moment? Wine consultant Zeren Wilson, whose current projects include 6 Portland Road in Holland Park and Sri Lankan ‘Paradise’ in…
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A Clockwork Orange
“Bliss and heaven! Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all…
Megadeth Beer – À Tout Le Monde
As well as founding one of the greatest thrash metal bands of all time – celebrating 35 years this year – Dave Mustaine has recently released a Megadeth beer, a…
For One / Four
Morellino di Scansano 2012, Podere 414, Tuscany, Italy Muscular and broad shouldered, this full throttle 14% brooding beauty combines 85% Sangiovese and local variety Ciliegiolo, from Maremma on the Tuscan…
Grüner Veltliner ‘Grundstein’
At Thai barbecue restaurant Kiln in Soho, we’ve put this charmer on the list. Grüner Veltliner from Julia Nather and Josef Schenter. 3 hectares farmed, from two separate parcels of…
Pure Rosé 2017
Rosé yeah, whatever yeah? Well, seems the rosé category has been on good form over recent years, and Mirabeau are a good place to start for classy, dry rosé. A…
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…
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…
Alluring Chablis
When I’m scanning a restaurant wine list and see Jean-Paul & Benoît winking at me, I find it hard not to order immediately: one of my favourite domaines in Chablis….
