Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin February 2, 2020 Drink, Wine Villa Blanche Terret Blanc 2018, Pays d’Oc, France, 12%, Waitrose down from £8.49 to £6.49 until 18 February Terret is an ancient grape variety with peach and green herbal notes and a fresh, minerally...
Windsor not Christine Austin January 26, 2020 Drink, Wine For the last few years I have had to explain carefully where my son moved to after his marriage to my lovely Canadian daughter-in-law. First they lived in Vancouver, which most people know is a busy,...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine buys this Weekend Christine Austin January 26, 2020 Drink, Wine The Best Rueda, 2018, Spain, 12.5%, Morrisons down from £7.75 to £6.50 until 28 January Crisp and zesty like a Sauvignon Blanc, with melon fruit and fennel notes mid-palate. Great with salads and grilled...
95% Pub of the Week: The Punch Bowl, Crooks Amanda Wragg January 25, 2020 Drink, Pub reviews It has long been contended that Sheffield is the Rome of Yorkshire. The Italian capital stands on seven hills, and Sheffield, being Sheffield, has at least as many. And at the top of one of them, stands the Punchbowl. It’s had a recent makeover and one, thankfully, that works.
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin January 19, 2020 Drink, Wine SO Organic Chenin Blanc 2019, South Africa, 13% Sainsbury down from £8 to £6.50 until 21 January Wines don’t get better credentials than this - Organic, Fairtrade and with no added sulphur – and it...
Veganuary Christine Austin January 19, 2020 Drink, Wine ‘And do you have any special dietary requirements?’, said the nurse at my local surgery when I went to get my New Year health MOT. I was puzzled. Had the NHS decided to run a take-away pizza place to...
90% Pub of the Week: New York Tavern Dave Lee January 18, 2020 Drink, Pub reviews When the New York Tavern opened in 1856, it was originally called the Prince of Wales Feathers. It went on to be one of the most popular haunts hereabouts.
For Clean Livers Christine Austin January 12, 2020 Drink, Wine What is it about January that turns the party animals of December into some of the most boring self-righteous people I have ever come across? Just a few hours after rolling into bed in the early hours of New...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin January 12, 2020 Drink, Wine Les Dauphins Côtes du Rhône Blanc 2018, France, 13% Tesco down from £8 to £6.50 until 20 January A great value white Rhône wine, made from Viognier and Grenache Blanc it has dry peach and pear fruit...
100% Pub of the Week: The Cutlers Jill Turton January 11, 2020 Drink, Pub reviews A little research reveals that the heraldic coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers is a rather fancy affair with no less than three elephants and three sets of cross swords.
