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By Rupert Taylor, Sales Executive, Hush Heath Estate
There have been many many highlights to 2011 for me in terms of food and drink. It’s been a year of new discoveries and new adventures. I started running at the end of last year and this seems to be my way of justifying what a greedy pig I’ve been.
In no particular order here are …
by Gareth Groves
“I am a legend!”
The great Ben Collins is indeed a Bibendum legend. He’s been here from the very beginning, half his life in fact, selling fine wine to the great and the good around the country. On Monday night more than a few Bibendumites gathered upstairs at our local The Lansdowne to celebrate his 60th birthday. As …
By Adam Byatt, http://www.trinityrestaurant.co.uk/
It’s with childlike anticipation that I enter each year never quite knowing what eye-opening food experiences, restaurant discoveries and magical ingredients will enlighten my year.
2011 has been exceptional, which is an odd thing as I’m no spring chicken and one would imagine that having seen so much already it would be tricky to be inspired. I actually think that years give us …
By Rob Pickard
With Christmas round the corner, I’m sure the spirits fans amongst you will be dusting off those obscure bottles in the spirits cupboard and stocking up on the essentials for the annual period of experimental cocktail making. However if you are drinking out over the next few weeks in London and want to sample …
The Albert Beerens Brut Reserve NV displays a vibrant straw-gold colour with a lively yet subtle mousse. The aromas are complex yet fine and the palate is balanced and round with delicate apple, citrus and peach fruit. The blend is made up of 57% Pinot Meunier, 25% Chardonnay, 18% Pinot Noir, and you will be hard pressed to find another Champagne for …
