Drink

For years any mention of English wine has had to be prefaced with an explanation that English wine and British wines are totally different beasts.  English wine is made from grapes grown in England, and as...

It was a full house at Ilkley’s King’s Hall and Winter Garden last week for the huge wine tasting known as the Martinez Wine Extravaganza.  Thankfully the tasting was open all afternoon and into the...

At the risk of alienating purists, the bar at the Square Chapel in Halifax obviously isn’t a pub in the traditional sense.

Tesco has had a busy time over the last couple of years. They had a major shake up of the buying team and while this may have caused a few problems initially, the team has now settled down and are making some...

A couple of weeks ago, as soon as I realised that I had missed International Malbec Day, I instantly felt guilty.  Perhaps you were all waiting for my thoughts on some new Malbec wines, or maybe a few recipe...

It was the lunch of a lifetime.  In the corner of a barn-like shed with stacked barrels as a backdrop there was a long table laid out for lunch.  Fussing over the food was one of California’s top...

As the ultimate cocktail weekender returns to Leeds, we share five unique drinking experiences you will not want to miss.

I’m pretty chuffed to find one of my old haunts thriving once again. The Three Hares at Bilbrough was, back then, an award-winning dining pub but still with its eye firmly on the drinker.

It really had to be done.  Despite the long flight, the late night and early start I just couldn’t miss that opportunity.  For some reason, and this doesn’t happen often on wine trips, I was staying in a...

There is a saying in the wine trade that the best way to make a small fortune from wine is to start with a large one.  But it wasn’t always like this.  Some people really have made billions. At the age...