By Philippa Vanham
Leeds at night
Aye, ‘tis reet by ‘eck and merely a stones throw from where this lass was born and bred (means I’m allowed to type the accent J) and if there’s two things I’m passionate about it’s wine and Yorkshire, and cheese, that’s 3, oh well, that’s for another day. As a host and tutor for Wine …
By Joe Fattorini
David Colcombe
At Bibendum we like to address our customers properly, but it’s not often we get to say ‘Good morning… Professor’.
But that’s what we’ll be saying now to David Colcombe, Chef Director of Birmingham’s exquisite Opus Restaurant. In fact David’s not only become the first ever Visiting Professor of the Culinary Arts at University College Birmingham, he’s …
By Gareth Groves
English wine is enjoying an unprecedented boom at the moment fuelled not just by our seemingly ever increasing demand for local, seasonal food but also by the rising quality of the wines themselves. Wine writers and connoisseurs who would have sneered at drinking English wine just a few years ago are changing their tune as the wines win top awards at major competitions and …
