By Gal Zohar
Close your eyes and think of Mexico. Sun, Tequila, corn and chillies might be some of the first things that come to mind. And the wine? Well according to winemaker Hugo D’Acosta, wine is the next best thing coming from Mexico.
On a frozen evening in London Hugo and Bibendum hosted a Mexican food and wine dinner at Wahaca, a place I must confess I …
By Kirstie Papworth
It was Simon Farr (Co-founder of Bibendum and masters its wine strategy) who decided we were going to spend a weekend in Mexico. Tim (Wine buyer and a fresh MW) and I, knackered by jet lag and a week of meetings, tried to persuade him otherwise, but we failed miserably. Just as well, really, or we’d never have discovered the beautiful Baja California, …
By Dale Sklar
Dale in Agave fields
It’s October 2nd 2009 and I’m booked on BA 243 to Mexico City, flying out five days later, when I get a telephone call from an old friend, a Mexican Ambassador… “Dale, I strongly recommend you delay your visit, my sister tells me there’s an outbreak of Dengue fever…”. I cancelled my …
by Gal Zohar
A mexican bottle
Luigi is exactly the type of sommelier we like. He’s young, he knows his wines and is very down to earth. His list is one that could only exist in the crazy metropolis of London. One of the top picks at his Caravaggio restaurant is the Estapor Venir Mezcla Tinto 2007 from the Valle de …
(thanks to Eat like a Girl for this photo…you never even saw the heat coming…)
When it comes to foodie thrills, it is hard to beat that slow but steady build up of heat on your taste buds that can only come from a full chilli onslaught. It builds and it builds and then bang, it rages and you think “why the hell…?!” …
