Where I grew up the beer was warm and the landlord cold. The beer was also flat and very bitter, in itself a control on binge drinking until I discovered lager. Journalists can’t resist boozy stories and the New York Times crawls around Oxford’s pubs (Cambridge’s are just as sordid) while Book Forum stumbles through … Continue Reading
Date: April 15th, 2008 | Comments: No Comments »
Category: Beer, Drinks & bars, Pubs, Wine
WIne blogging takes a backseat to food. But still it attracts the usual debate and criticism. A Wine and Spirit investigation tackles the subject: “… is blogging good for wine? The blogosphere seems to be at a crossroads, with an investigation by W&S revealing it is coming under increasing commercial pressures that threaten its very … Continue Reading
Date: April 4th, 2008 | Comments: No Comments »
Category: Drinks & bars, Wine
More than a few people are surprised at the silly millions pubs are selling for. But could it be that they are overpriced now with interest rates peaking at over 9 per cent? Already the smoking ban is taking it’s toll – recently The Gin Palace’s Vernon Chalker said his takings dropped over 20 per … Continue Reading
Date: April 1st, 2008 | Comments: No Comments »
Category: Drinks & bars, Pubs, Recipes & ingredients
Tags: bar, Beer, Pub, slug and lettuce, smoking ban
Mountain Goat has established an enviable reputation for being green. Staff are incentivised to cycle to work. There are solar panels on the roof. Oh, and the beer is pretty good too. It must be irksome when brewing giant Fosters comes along with Cascade Green, as reported in The Age by beer writer Willie Simpson: … Continue Reading
Date: March 25th, 2008 | Comments: 1 Comment »
Category: Beer, Drinks & bars
Expensive wine does taste better than cheap and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. From Underexposed. The only trouble with wine is the smoke and mirrors in the marketing. Is an expensive wine really that much better than a cheap wine? Surely the differences in the yields of grapes and production can’t make that much … Continue Reading
Date: March 21st, 2008 | Comments: No Comments »
Category: Drinks & bars, Wine
The Loire is three regions for wine – Muscadet, Savennières and Chinon. Each expresses its own character from its distinctive terroir. In Chinon the reds are made mostly from cabernet franc although since the turn of the century up to 25 per cent of a blend can be Cabernet Sauvignon. According to Eric Assimov in … Continue Reading
Date: March 20th, 2008 | Comments: No Comments »
Category: Drinks & bars, Wine
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