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…
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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…
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…
