Arb TV: Rory Sutherland on…Wine
The informed and advertising-savvy among you will know the name immediately. Rory Sutherland. Vice-Chairman at…
Browsing: Tipples
One Rickshaw, Two Hotels: It Could Only Be A Cocktail Safari!
When I received an email from a PR inviting me on a cocktail safari, my…
Even the Angels Share on Burns Night
Scotch. Whisky. A dram. A splash. One for the road. Even the angels share. They…
Churchill’s Bar
January 24th usually passes without significance – falling, as it does, between Burns’ Night on the…
Joy Uncorked: Krug Institute of Happiness
“What was your favourite childhood toy? This is one of many questions I was sent by the organisers of the Krug Institute of Happiness – a five-day pop-up restaurant at a glass-fronted house in the grounds of Highgate Cemetery.”
Highland Treasures: The Dalmore
“As we soar over Northern England the plane starts to rock and sway; bad weather in the Scottish borders has led to the kind of turbulence that makes you close your eyes and grip the seat and pray for meteorological equilibrium.”
The Rothschilds: Wine in the Blood
“For over 150 years the name of Rothschild has not only been synonymous with high finance but the fine wine of Bordeaux, considered to be the greatest wine region since the 13th century.”
Mixing Martini, Shabani Style
“A school drop-out from Kosovo who washed pots at an Angus Steak House on landing in London in the mid-90s, Shabani went on to produce ‘Konik’s Tail’, regularly voted a leading brand by both press and his peers.”
Grand Marnier Saves the Day!
“Stirling, what’s for dessert?” It was a question to which I had given precisely no…
Flight of Fancy: Dom Pérignon Oenothèque
“Ladies and gentleman, you’ve entered the spaceship – get ready to shoot into orbit,” announces Richard Geoffroy, Dom Pérignon’s ebullient cellar master, to an audience of bemused wine writers.
It’s All In the Name: Bunnahabhain
Larry ventures to a secret location in Edinburgh one damp autumn afternoon for a tasting of a very special single malt, one of the finest in all of Scotland. You’d think he’d know how to pronounce it…
Dukes Hotel & the Vesper Martini
You might have noticed that Bond is doing the rounds, and if you were keeping…