By Lucy Bridgers, http://winefoodotherpleasures.blogspot.com
I just love this. This is a project that you simply could not make up. For people living in the London area with grape vines growing in their gardens or allotments, a growers’ collective now exists that produces an ‘Urban Wine’ from these grapes.
What’s more, the wine is surprisingly palatable. I have now tasted this delicately hued rosé twice …
by Niamh, http://eatlikeagirl.com/
A wine loving Gorilla
Wine is one of my favourite things. A glass with a friend or over dinner is one of the most pleasant ways to spend an evening. A bold and spicy glass of red for winter, or a gorgeous sparkler for summer, for every season and occasion there’s a glass of wine.
I’ve been exploring and …
By Dan Coward
From this
London, like any city really, is just as special for what isn’t obvious, as for what is. Living out in the country, as I do, a weekend trip into town is usually planned with specific goals in mind. This might be efficient, but it isn’t always exciting (it appears I have inherited a lot more …
By Gal Zohar
Barre Noire
There’s a lot going on in the luxury hotel scene lately. It is not enough any more to be big and beautiful. New Boutique hotels (the like of The Boundary) are the latest trend. Not only all luxury is there to indulge, it will normally be complemented with a new, slick and modern restaurant. The birth of cooluxury. …
By Mei, http://familystyles.wordpress.com/
Zamorano cheese with quince paste and persimmon
Thursday’s Rambling Restaurant was a boozy festival of wine tasting and matching canapes – so many glasses of alcohol that I’m amazed I could stand up straight long …
By Emma-Jane Bailey
Heavenly Scotch Eggs at the Harwood
When my brother first recommended I try a Scotch Egg at the Harwood Arms, I balked. For many years I had an aversion to eggs in any form and only recently have I overcome this and can now face them again – scrambled, poached, fried…though I’m still not sure …
Galvin Bistro de Luxe
There’s something I can’t quite put my finger on that’s so reassuring about Galvin on Baker Street. Perhaps it’s because it’s the best elements of a French brasserie combined with the confidence and comfort of somewhere like Gramercy Tavern in New York. I went to Galvin’s for a lunch with friends a few days …
