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Category Archives: Restaurants
Ottolenghi Opens in Edinburgh
Ottolenghi does have a couple of restaurants overseas, but they are first and foremost known for their London restaurants, serving food which is fresh, and with a vibe that would be wrong to try to pin down geographically, but which … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Dining, Natural Wine, Restaurants, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food
Tagged Brand Bros Pfalz, Domaine Giacino Monfarina, Edinburgh Dining, Edinburgh Restaurant, food, Krasna Hora Na Zdravi Moravia, Neil Campbell Chef Ottolenghi, New Edinburgh Restaurant Opening, Ottolenghi Edinburgh, Ottolenghi Edinburgh Launch Party, Ottolenghi House Wines Brand Bros, restaurant, scotland, Yotam Ottolenghi
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Kipferl – Austrian Restaurant, Café and Bottle Shop in Islington
The evening before the tasting I have just written about, we headed up to Angel’s Camden Passage to try a restaurant recommended by a friend who knows we love Austrian wines and Austrian cuisine. Kipferl is an Austrian restaurant and … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Dining, Restaurants, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine and Food
Tagged Austrian Food London, Austrian Restaurant in London, food, Kaiserschmarrn in London, Kipferl Austrian Restaurant Camden Passage Islington, Potzinger Trockenbeerenauslese 2017, Stefan Potzinger Südsteiermark, Viennese Wine, Weingut Christ Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
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The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide – Rhône Valley by Matt Walls (Review)
As this is the fourth of these Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides I have read and reviewed, you will probably surmise that I am rather taken with them. They are portable, quite inexpensive, and offer the wine lover not only some … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Fine Wine, Restaurants, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Shops, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Academie du Vin autumn 2025, Avignon accommodation and dining, Lyon accommodation and dining, Matt Walls Author, Matt Walls Rhône, Rhône Dining, Smart Traveller's Wine Guide Rhône Valley, Smart Traveller's Wine Guides Series, Travel Guide Rhône Valley Appellations and Satellites, Wine Shops Rhone Valley, Wine Travel Guide Rhône, Wineries to visit Rhône Valley & satellites
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Rioja by Fintan Kerr – The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide (Book Review)
Wine books can be pretty expensive these days, at least the serious wine books you and I read. It’s not always the case. Jamie Goode has found a way to make some of his books affordable, but those published by … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Wine, Restaurants, Rioja, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Shops, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Académie du Vin Library, Bodega Visits in Rioja, Club Oenologique, Dining in Rioja, Fintan Kerr Author, food, Rioja Guide, Rioja Wine Routes, Rioja Wine Shops, spain, The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide Series, The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide to Rioja, travel, Visiting Rioja, Wine, Wine Tasting
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Noble Rot and the Poulet
Four of us decamped to Noble Rot Soho for, if perhaps not a wild Real Wine after party, certainly a brilliant evening of food and wine. It was actually my first time at the Soho location, despite being almost a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Dining, Jura, Natural Wine, Restaurants, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Chateau-Chalon, Dining in London, Domaine Karanika Amyndeon Macedonia, Greek Sparkling Wine, Jura Wine, Jura Wines in London, Katie Worobeck Vigneronne, Laurens and Annette Hartman-Van Kampen, Maison Maenad De L'Avant 2021, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Marius Perron Chateau-Chalon 1983, Natural Wine, Noble Rot Soho, Poulet aux Morilles et Vin Jaune in London, Roast Chicken Morels and Vin Jaune, Vin Jaune, Wine of Jura's Revermont, Xinomavro Sparkling Wine
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