Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin February 23, 2020 Drink, Wine Cono Sur Bicicleta Viognier 2018, Chile, 14%, Sainsbury, down from £7.50 to £6 until 3 March Light and crisp with apricot and peach flavours and a touch of spice. Team it with roast pork and lightly...
95% Pub of the Week: The Commercial, Chapeltown Phil Penfold February 22, 2020 Drink, Pub reviews The Commerical is another little pub that was once a nest of rooms all leading in and off each other, the snug, the select and so on.
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin February 16, 2020 Drink, General, Wine Val de Loire Sauvignon Blanc 2018, France, 11.5%, Marks and Spencer down from £7 to £6 until 2 March Bright, crisp and breezy with a citrus twist and a minerally finish. Team this with fish. Cave...
Party like Putin Christine Austin February 16, 2020 Drink, Wine Moldova – where exactly is that? That was most people’s reaction when I said I was going to visit this small landlocked country that is sandwiched between Romania and the Ukraine. The second reaction was...
80% Pub of the Week: Pumphouse, Driffield Dave Lee February 11, 2020 Drink, Pub reviews Dave Lee takes a trip to the Pumphouse, Driffield
95% Pub of the Week: The Nottingham House Phil Penfold February 10, 2020 Drink, General, Pub reviews The Nottingham is a noble successor to those famed Victorian pie shops, where the workers would get their daily sustenance with a pint or so of their choosing, and the conviviality seems to have seeped down the generations.
Cocktails in the City Yorkshire Food & Drink February 10, 2020 Drink, Events, Spirits Cocktails in the City, the UK’s leading cocktail festival is returning to Leeds Town Hall for a celebration of the city’s world-class cocktail culture.
Time for Romance? Christine Austin February 9, 2020 Drink, Wine It is Valentine’s Day next Friday, so now is the time to think ahead and plan something for the love in your life. At this point I can hear a collective groan from anyone who has been in a partnership or...
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin February 9, 2020 Drink, Wine Adrien Chopin Brut Champagne NV, Morrisons, down from £18 to £12 starting 10 February until 18 February Definitely worth a detour to Morrisons to scoop up this quick-fire special offer. Buy more than you...
A Special Birthday Christine Austin February 2, 2020 Drink, Wine It is hard to believe but this wine column is celebrating an extraordinary birthday. It is 25 years since I first started writing for The Yorkshire Post and I feel absolutely proud and very fortunate to occupy...