By Bibendumtimes
Rudolf Steiner
Biodynamic agriculture was developed in the early 1920s by Rudolf Steiner. Seen by many as the first modern ecological farming system it is an holistic approach that tries to bring the soil, plants and animals to its original natural balance and harmony. Unlike the more general term natural wine (see earlier …
By Gal Zohar
Deep in our hearts we all admit it. As much as we think all grapes are born equal, there is no doubt in any sane person’s mind that Pinot Noir is the one. With elegance, charm and distinctive flavours and aromas, we all agree that this is the no. 1 grape.
Last night Bibendum hosted a mini Pinot Noir summit at The Mercer. Leading …
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 …
A few weeks ago a lucky few gathered in the historic, old Sandeman Port cellar at The Don Restaurant in the City to taste some pretty amazing vintages of Chateau Palmer, including the rarer than hen’s teeth 1966. Kudos to Restaurant Manager Otto, Sommelier Sebastian and Chef Matt for putting on a brilliant show.
Here’s our Fine Wine Buyer …
By Willie Lebus
The line up
A cast of twenty wine and food lovers converged on Quo Vadis in late November to taste ten 2000 Red Bordeaux and sit down to a feast of great food and wine.
THE TASTING
The following wines were up for tasting: Calon Segur, Cos d’Estournel, Figeac, Gruaud Larose, Leoville Barton, Mouton Rothschild, Peby Faugeres, Petit Village, Talbot and Trotanoy. First the …
by Willie Lebus
The Mercer
The Mercer is a top city restaurant with a phenomenal wine list. It now has a really swish private room with all mod cons. This was where a great evening of food and wine took place recently in the new Private Room.
D’Arenberg is a winery with a point of view. All the wines are full …
By The Winesleuth http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/
The Brunello from Banfi
My infatuation with Italian wine continues. A is for Amarone. B is forBrunello di Montelcino, bodalicious, complex, tasty, lipsmackingly satisfying (ok,so I’m skipping around the alphabet and making up words) you get the point, I do love those Italians. Growing up with only the familiar wicker covered funnily shaped bottles of Chianti, that was my only …
The blog isn’t here to sell you stuff, but every once in a while something comes along that we just can’t help recommending. Well, the wine dinners in the newly refurbished upstairs dining room at the Lansdowne pub are just that. So Random Bottlings heartily exhorts you to get yourselves down there for the next installment of the series.
It features Bodegas Catena Zapata, probably Argentina’s finest and most famous winery. It’s been a big year …
Here in Britain we are obsessed with chefs. The romance, the fame, and the food…it looks so good…and they all wipe the sides of the plates so they’re clean and neat! Our reputation amongst other foodie superpowers has probably never been so strong, as the quality of our restaurants improves and the homegrown (though not always organically produced) chefs enjoy global superstardom with swanky outposts in all corners.
And …
