The Wine & Spirit Educational Trust (WSET) has big plans for its upcoming 50th anniversary with its first ever international celebration of wine education and kicking off the festivities will be a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest ever … Continue reading How to Get Involved in Wine Education Week This September
This summer you will be able to find a little bit of Provence in Westminster, just a few minutes’ walk from Parliament Square and St. James’s Park – The Terrace at the wonderful St. Ermin’s Hotel in Caxton Street. The … Continue reading Drink Pink at St. Ermin’s Hotel
On Monday we attended the awards ceremony for the prestigious André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards at the beautiful Goring Hotel, just around the corner from Buckingham Palace, enjoying wonderful wine, delicious canapés and excellent company. Chair of the … Continue reading André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards – The Winners
Oslo Hackney is a real find. Restaurant, bar and live music venue all under one roof and with a Scandinavian design and a relaxed atmosphere that is welcoming and cosy. Located in a railway station, which was built by the … Continue reading OSLO Hackney
The Courtesan in Brixton re-launched this September after an extensive refurbishment and this dim sum restaurant/tea room/cocktail bar/late night live entertainment venue which combines the exoticism and rituals of ancient china with the legendary clubs of 1920s Shanghai is certainly … Continue reading Celebrating The Female Spirit At The Courtesan
Though Lamb’s Conduit Street in London’s Bloomsbury has many lovely and mainly independent shops and cafés, it is slightly off the tourist beat. So it came as a bit of a surprise to find Cigala packed to the rafters when … Continue reading Table for Two! @ Cigala
What is a dark horse? Wikipedia: a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed. Cambridge Dictionary: a person who keeps their interests and ideas … Continue reading Dark Horse Wine – Championing Wine & Champions
One country that is still on our (longish) list of places to visit is Malta. Friends, who have been, have been raving about this island in the Mediterranean for years, but we still haven’t gotten around travelling there. We would … Continue reading Places We’d Love to Go: Malta
So, autumn has finally arrived – days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping and we could all get quite depressed about this. But there is definitely a silver lining – ‘King of the Pop-Ups’ and TV chef (This Morning) Jimmy … Continue reading The Lodge in Clapham
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all pack our suitcases and escape to the South of France for a few weeks? Sitting by the pool sipping ice cold cocktails? Eating delicious Provençal food in a small bistro by a … Continue reading Summer en Provence at Aubaine
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