I have written about wines from Australia’s First Families of wine before, but with Australia Day coming up it seemed appropriate to check out a few of their wines for those Aussies among us and those Aussiephiles who might just want to celebrate the day with some quality wines from this Australian collective of winemakers.
Auchentoshan launch two limited edition whiskies, collectors’ items or something to savour?
Auchentoshan from Glasgow is, we are told, Scotland’s only triple distilled single malt whisky producer, with a history dating back to 1823. Auchentoshan has, over the years, developed a reputation for creating single malts with a smooth delicate flavour and they have recently launched two limited edition whiskies.
To give their diners a New Year’s gift, The Fish Place is offering them them the opportunity to pay whatever they think their meal is worth – for one week only.
To give their diners a New Year’s gift, The Fish Place is offering them the opportunity to pay whatever they think their meal is worth – for one week only.
Guilty chocolate pleasures
There’s a lot of talk about January detox but admit it, how many of you have already fallen off the bandwagon? And even if you’re still going strong, isn’t the best part of the detox the day when you get to retox? And there’s nothing so tempting as the guilty pleasure of chocolates so that’s why Qin Xie has brought you the ultimate guide to chocolate in the next few months.
Free Zacapa 23 digestif with every limited edition dessert ordered at aqua neuva
If you’re on a January detox, you’re probably finding temptation at every turn. Here’s another rather devilish temptation from Ron Zacapa and aqua neuva.
Pommery Endorses Gladiatorial Polo
Sponsored by Champagne Pommery, teams from Argentina, England, Scotland and South Africa will play against eachother at London’s O2 arena on February 24. The highlight will be The Churchill cup in which England faces Argentina.
High Hopes for Team UK in the ‘Culinary Oscars’
Thousands of supporters from all over the world will descend on France’s culinary capital for the duration of the Bocuse d’Or. It is unlike any other culinary competition and more akin to a sporting event, with fans clashing pans, sounding horns and cheering as their candidate presents his/her beautifully presented platters to a panel of 24 judges.
The Fish Place, a fish restaurant by the river Thames in London
The menu isn’t all fish, but as it’s the speciality what else would you want to eat? I like their mission statement “We aim to serve top quality fish, caught in British waters without too much fuss… food is to be eaten not photographed”. A a brief glance at the interweb blogs proves that this latter gentle admonition hasn’t stopped a succession of food twitchers levelling their Canons at the Poissons all the same.
From pork to fork, Peaches pubs, butchery course
The day would one day come, I knew, when I’d be confronted with pig carcass. And that day came to pass in rural Oxfordshire this winter, and I was armed with a handsaw. I’m not vegetarian so when Peaches, the 13-strong chain of gastropubs, invited me to a butchery session at their headquarters near Bicester I reckoned it was only honest to go.
John Burton-Race joins the team at My Dining Room, Fulham
My Dining Room, the French gastropub in the heart of Fulham, has recruited John Burton-Race to help them help them develop their menu and introduce dishes that match with their ethos of delivering ‘honest French food’.