Robert Mondavi opened his winery in 1966, his reported intention – to produce Californian wines that belonged in the company of the great wines of the world. Given the producer’s prominence in the Napa Valley, we decided to sample a couple of Robert Mondavi’s premiere wines and let you have our thoughts.
Bar Pepito Launches in Kings Cross
This little sister bar to Camino in The Regent Quarter, just off Pentonville Road, is unique. A tiny bar, just across Regent Quarter’s Varnisher’s Yard central Courtyard from Camino, it has big character. It is quite simply, unique, attractive and fun, and I was very taken with it.
Not so grim up north – Albert Roux to open Chez Roux at Greywalls
He’s a grand figure even tho compact of stature. Legendary French chef, Albert Roux will open Chez Roux at Greywalls, the classic country house hotel located just forty minutes from Edinburgh. The restaurant opens in May as part of Greywalls’ opening in the Spring.
Tapas Fantasticas
For the uninitiated, this festival, now in its third year, seeks to replicate a similar event that takes place in the Rioja region of Spain each year, where locals and visitors walk from one restaurant/tapas bar to another purchasing one dish and a glass of Rioja wine to complement it, at each. This sounds like a great thing to do on a summer’s afternoon and evening. One for the Diary I think.
Jose Pizarro’s Easter Spring Lamb
Leading UK Spanish chef Jose Pizarro has created a mouth-watering little recipe for Easter. Using spring lamb, the recipe combines olives, mint, garlic, potatoes and lots of other gorgeous things to create a really delicious Easter feast or simple tapas with friends.
Uk’s first speciality cheese restaurant opens in chelsea
L’Art Du Fromage, a unique new gastronomic experience for London diners has just opened in Langton Street off London’s Kings Road.Cheese is an ingredient in most of the dishes on the menu (there is even cheese ice cream!) and including seasonal varieties, L’Art Du Fromage expect to be offering up to 200 different cheeses throughout the year
‘Ramsay’s Best Restaurants’ – Cast Your Vote!
Gordon’s at it again! Not content with the success of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (Both US & UK), Hell’s Kitchen (Both US & UK) and the F-Word, Gordon Ramsay is working on yet another TV show as we speak.
Melati, Peter Street, London
This popular Malaysian restaurant has been in business for some 30 years now. Melati is a short walk from west end theatreland, and is a great place to grab a tasty meal before the curtain goes up, or to meet friends and have a relaxed informal meal, particularly if you are excited by mouth tingly zingy dishes, we enjoyed it.
Fetzer wines.The green way to drink
As we decanted out into Kings Cross reeking of garlic, the general feeling was that, PowerPoint aside, Fetzer are good people making pretty good wines and should be encouraged. Eco credentials do not necessarily a great wine make but it’s certainly a route winemakers should consider going down, even if that route occasionally leads to a funny old converted pub in North London.
Gobble Gobble, the bloggers make a noise about Marco Pierre White talking turkey
So Marco Pierre White is to be a brand ambassador for Bernard Mathews Turkeys and the sound of bloggers and sanctimonious columnists having hissy fits is deafening. You’d have thought they would have exhausted their anger when MPW started advertising stock cubes, but no there is still plenty of bile to spare. Honestly you’d have thought he’d been caught eating Panda, not simply earning a few quid for himself