After a week of tastings with our suppliers, during which there was time (in between emptying spittoons, checking the ice and trying to speak Italian) to taste from the many tables, there was one flight of wines which I couldn’t get out of my head: the Condrieu of Yves Cuilleron. ...
It’s always a looong process putting the annual tasting together. 70 producers from around the world to be invited and accomodated, over 450 wines to be ordered and arranged, invitations, tasting books, food for customers and all the other bits and pieces to be agreed. But finally, as the big ...
Rose Gray, who with Ruth Rogers founded the River Café over 20 years ago, died on 28 February.
Enotria founder Remo Nardone, who knew Rose for many years, sent this message:
“On behalf of my family and the team at Enotria, I would like to send my condolences for the very sad loss ...
We’re nearly at the end of February, and still no official confirmation from the government about when the 2010 budget will be. How can the government be allowed to keep its budget date under wraps in the way that it is doing? This prevarication causes major headaches to businesses which ...
In Italy last week with broadcaster Olly Smith; we were travelling to Sicily, but elected (foolishly as it turned out) to travel via Bologna so that we could fly out of Gatwick, and ignore the only direct Sicily flight which goes from Stansted – well, it’s another country, innit? I ...
Spent a very interesting day in Leeds on Wednesday, visiting restaurants and bars with a photographer, to capture images for our next Wine List. Cyriaque, our (French) man in Yorkshire, took us all over the city. We visited Anthony’s, one of Leeds’ most celebrated restaurants, and his new operation Anthony’s ...