The other day, en route to a wine tasting, I was walking up Grafton Street. The sun was shining the buskers were out in force. Halfway up the street a couple of girls were knocking out old Beatles’ hits. They were pretty damn woeful. Both played guitars and, between them, could just about scrape up ...
Wine & DrinkEnglish and (spot the) Irish wine scribes on tour in Priorat, Montsant, Terra Alta, Conca de Barbera and Tarragona eagerly await wine No 247 in a Series
Wine & DrinkThe label on the front of the bottle Sibella and I are halfway through tells me it’s a 2007 Merlot from Patagonia, Argentina, with a strength of 14% alcohol by volume. I’m also informed that the wine is a ‘Reserve’ – a term, I’m afraid, that’s virtually meaningless. In certain regions of Europe the term ...
Travel, Wine & DrinkThis recipe is in response to a barbecue topic on the forkncork.com forum http://forkncork.com/content/showthread.php?t=1878 1 medium to large pear salad bowl’s worth of rocket 3 oz good feta cheese 4 chopped scallions. 1 knob butter 1 dtsp maple syrup sea salt and freshly ground black pepper for the dressing: Extra Virgin olive oil and wine ...
RecipesHow’s your zythology? Okay, I can see you’re puzzled. The name is a contraction of two ancient Greek words, zythos, meaning beer and logos, meaning study. A zythologist is, in effect, a connoisseur of beer. “What’s to be picky about?”, you might say. “Beer’s a drink that comes in cans, bottles or out of taps. ...
Tasting Notes, Wine & DrinkWell, I finally got a booking at Marco’s gaff! “Seven o’clock but we need the table back at nine.” I was there on the dot. Munster Man rocked up at 7 minutes past precisely. We were ushered to The Worst Table in the Room, back to the doorway in a 90% packed restaurant, proving once ...
BLOG, Restaurant ReviewsDoes the task of choosing wine for your fellow diners fill you with fear and dread? If so, here’s a guide that may help ease the pain. Given what I do for a living, it’s not surprising that, when I’m out to dinner with a group of people, I’m frequently handed the wine list and called on to ...
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