Alchemilla
Mr Bond….we’ve been expecting you. “I didn’t lose my phone, I just couldn’t find it. I’ve got a very big bed.” As chat-up lines go, thrown into the mix when…
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10 Greek Street
Wine Haven You can ascertain everything about a restaurant just by glancing at their wine list. That’s my ballsy opinion on wine. Everything. If I can’t carry you with me…
The Mash Inn
Natural Born Griller So, I hear of a place called The Mash Inn, owned by a chap called Nick Mash. First thoughts veer towards “wow, why name what was formerly…
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….
Classy Crozes
Crozes-Hermitage ‘L’Espiegle’ 2014, Christelle Betton, Rhône, France Winemaker Christelle Betton farms just 5 hectares on her family estate in the Northern Rhône, with ‘L’Espiegle’ (translating as ‘mischievous’) coming from her…
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A collaboration between two friends, viticulturist Pedro Barbosa and winemaker João Cabral de Almeida, the aim is to produce the best possible expression of the Loureiro varietal, the grapes coming…
Everything’s Peachy
Condrieu is pricey. The Northern Rhône is where the Viognier grape reaches its apogee, throwing off the traits that can make its lesser iterations a cumbersome, heavy-legged, overly rich, hotly…
Game of Clones
‘Clones’ 2010, Channing Daughters, Long Island, USA Bonkers blend of Chardonnay (ten different clones), Gewürztraminer, Friulano and Pinot Grigio. Chuck in a wild yeast ferment in French and Slovenian oak,…
Hello Chicken
Larry Cherubino purchased his first parcel of land in Frankland River, Western Australia, with wife Edwina in 2004 — the winery has gone on to become one of the top…
Wine House Style
Why spaff £35 on a ho-hum big Grande Marque Champagne when there is so much good stuff available from the smaller growers,or – within even easier reach – one…
