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World Cheese Winners at the Guild of Fine Food

What a pleasure it was to spend an evening recently with the Guild of Fine Food at their London office and event space near to Borough Market tasting a score of truly amazing cheeses, and having the opportunity to discuss them with their enthusiastic makers.  The World Cheese Awards This event was a follow-up to […]

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Top 100 Wines of Sud de France 2022

It was with great pleasure that we accepted an invitation to learn more about the Sud de France Top 100 Wines for 2022. For South of France, read Occitanie, ie. wines from the beautiful regions of Languedoc, Roussillon, parts of the Rhône Valley and South-West France. The winning hundred had been selected from amongst 403 […]

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A Rose by any other name: Rock Rose Gin

Congratulations Claire and Martin Murray and all your colleagues at the Dunnet Bay Distillery – your Rock Rose Gin is delicious – full of character, slightly edgy yet with an incredible rounded out smoothness.  Take the road to Dunnet Bay Take the Caithness A836 road from John o’ Groat in the direction of Thurso. The […]

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Byron Burger – Easy Cheesy Please

Last week a friend and I met up for lunch at the Old Brompton Road branch of Byron, the American-inspired chain diner and home of the “poshburger”, (once famously patronised by George Osborne). These days it has twenty-one branches; this one’s handy for South Kensington tube, and also of course for the V&A, Science Museum […]

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Good4U – Salad and Sprout Toppers

All of the products are great sources of protein and fibre as well as being gluten-free and vegan friendly.

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The Bottle Bar and Shop – and a Negroni

The Bottle Bar and Shop came into being in December 2017, thanks to the husband-and-wife team of Xhulio Sina and Natalie John.