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Which English wine producers will be around in 20 years?
Some brief thoughts on English Wine Week 2025, plus events this month and one incredible bargain.
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The Rhone Rangers ride again
Californian wines inspired by Southern France.
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Good old British Burgundy
"He suggests that this English taste may be some form of perversion, like our national taste for being whipped."
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Wine bargains from The Whisky Exchange
Six great value wines from the Mediterranean and Portugal
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Eating out in Paris - Auberge Bressane, Le Bon Georges and Juveniles
An explanation for why so many restaurants in Paris look the same. Plus three worth seeking out for paid subscribers.
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I Regret Almost Everything - Keith McNally
A review of the autobiography of 'The Restaurateur Who Invented Downtown.'
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May 2025

Eating out in Paris - L'Entente British Brasserie
'Qu'est-ce que la cuisine anglaise?'
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Eating out in Paris - Le Baratin
This is the first of a three or perhaps four part series on restaurants in Paris. First up: a cult favourite with a patron who doesn't suffer fools…
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Sunday Drinking: 25 May
English wine to Paris, English fizz beats champagne, shameless podcast pluggery and events, dear boy.
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Bolney: no longer the bridesmaid of English wine
Bolney Estate has an interesting history but made inconsistent wines and lacked the glamour of its Sussex neighbours. But this is changing thanks to…
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Wines of Lebanon - the journey continues
This is the foreword I wrote to a book by Michael Karam that has just been released.
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Legends in their own lunchtime
The decline and fall of the boozy publishing lunch
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