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Rathfinny Wine Estate

The Rathfinny Wine Estate was once a large arable farm but was acquired in 2012 by Mark and Sarah Driver who transformed it into a vineyard specialising in the cultivation and production of sparkling wine. Sussex wine growers cannot term it champagne – although their sparkling wine notably [...]

September 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Estiatorio Milos

Milos is a Greek fish restaurant at 1 Regent St which I visited for the second time on Wednesday. Like Imperial Treasure (Chinese cuisine), which is opposite, it has raised the bar of ethnic cuisine. Fresh fish is flown in daily. I ordered grilled octopus over Santorini fava  which – in my [...]

July 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

A wine worthy of celebration

Last Friday day I arrived – the day before a 21st celebration – at the home of some old friends, one of whom has an excellent cellar. The weather was broiling so we ate late al fresco. My friend served a Chateau Neuf du Pape but the star of the evening was a bottle of Chateau Yquem. [...]

June 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/restaurant wrap up

Last weekend’s visit to Sanary and Cannes on Monday meant for some visits to some fine restaurants. At Sanary we always go to the Hotel de la Tour whose signature dish is sea bass baked in salt. It’s delicious but leaves you thirsty. Mireille does not hold back on ordering and the final bill [...]

April 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

Nice

As with the rest of our party I was delighted to be travelling again and to be back in Nice at my favourite time of year. The season begins in April 15 and early May on the Riviera becomes busy and crowded with the twin attractions of the Monaco Grand Prix and the Cannes film festival. Mind you [...]

April 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard /Roast, Borough Market

‘Roast’  is in Borough Market. It is new to me and things got off to a bad start when they had no sign of the reservation which I had booked through TheFork. I knew I had booked – and indeed had confirmation – so I was less than pleased. My guest, an actress whom I have known 40 [...]

March 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

Noble Rot

This was my third visit to Noble Rot, this time a celebration with an old friend as our respective birthdays are a month part and last Friday was a midway point. This friend alerted me to Noble Rot whose venue at 2 Greek Street I visited many times in its previous incarnation as the Gay Hussar. [...]

March 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Gravetye Manor

This was my second visit to Gravetye Manor, a former baronial-style hall near East Grinstead, with exquisite gardens that was converted into a hotel in 2005. It’s more of a summer place to enjoy the formal walled garden and the expansive grounds by a lake. The dining room is set in a conservatory [...]

January 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/The Ivy, Burnt Orange & Garrick Club

This time of year I develop mal de foie as I’ve had 3 consecutive long lunches. On Sunday we – my two companions being a French friend and her friend – were greeted at the Ivy In the Lanes Brighton by a woman who looking into her iPad could find no trace of our reservation. She [...]

December 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: two favourites revisited.

Up in London this week I met up with old friends at the Guinea Grill and the Wolseley. The Guinea Grill is unusual as it combines an old-fashioned small pub with an expensive restaurant specialising in fine meat. One of my friends, an ex-advertising honcho who knows his wine, commented on the [...]

December 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

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