95% Pub of the Week: The Three Cranes, Rotherham Phil Penfold November 16, 2019 Drink, Pub reviews The Three Cranes dates back almost certainly to the early 16th century, when there are records of it opening as a pub. Phil Penfold pays it a visit
70% Pub of the Week: The Pourhouse Dave Lee November 11, 2019 Drink, Pub reviews On the hunt for a good pub in Hessle Dave Lee checks out the Pourhouse
Off the Shelf – Best Wine Buys this Weekend Christine Austin November 10, 2019 Drink, Wine Finest Breede River Sauvignon Blanc 2018, South Africa, 12.5%, Tesco down from £7.50 to £6 until 18 November Fresh, bright and gooseberry-fresh, perfect as an aperitif, or team it with grilled sea...
Small is Bountiful Christine Austin November 10, 2019 Drink, Wine No matter how organised you might be with your weekly shop or delivery there are times when everyone runs out of something. It might be milk, eggs or, worst of all, wine. That’s when you might think off...
Top of the Pops Christine Austin November 3, 2019 Drink, Wine It has been tasting season again when I have to sniff, swirl and spit my way through around 1000 wines in a very few days, making notes on the good ones and turning up my nose at others. This week the focus...
Off the Shelf – Best Buys this Weekend Christine Austin November 3, 2019 Drink, Wine Tempus Quartz Chardonnay 2018, South Australia, 13%, Sainsbury down from £9 to £7.50 until 19 November Limestone Coast, Barossa and Adelaide Hills fruit gives a fresh, zesty style of Chardonnay, with...
100% Pub of the Week: The Moorcock Inn, Norland Amanda Wragg November 2, 2019 Drink, Pub reviews It’s easy to forget that the Moorcock is also just a pub serving pints and bar snacks. Amanda Wragg pays a visit
90% Pub of the week: The Crown, Middlesmoor Elaine Lemm October 28, 2019 Drink, Pub reviews I am not sure what surprised me more on an unexpected afternoon in the Dales, that we landed high up at Middlesmoor in Upper Nidderdale and discovered one of the best “proper” pubs in a long time or hearing someone in the bar of the Crown Hotel say in a no-nonsense Yorkshire way: “Well, I’ll go t’ foot of our stairs.”
Off the Shelf – Best Buys this Weekend Christine Austin October 27, 2019 Drink, Wine Tenuta Rapitalà Grillo 2017, Sicily, 13%, Waitrose down from £9.99 to £7.99 until 5 November Grillo is a local Sicilian grape known for its flavours of floral, lemony fruit with herbs and a rounded...
Lucky Break – Majestic Returns Christine Austin October 27, 2019 Drink, Wine It was as if they had never been away. The first Majestic tasting I have been to for at least a year was like waking up after a nightmare. Ever since the mail-order specialist Naked Wines managed a...