Champagne & Fromage – French Bubbles in Brixton Village: I first came across Champagne & Fromage when I discovered the pop-up in Covent Garden. I’d never really thought about the concept of Grower Champagne but once I’d listened to an empassioned co-owner and founder Stefano Frigerio, I was hooked. Grower champagnes are champagnes made by […]
The New Angel
The New Angel in Notting Hill – Laurent-Perrier Champagne Tasting There are events that it would seem churlish to turn down and a last minute invite to a tasting menu matched to Laurent-Perrier champagne is just that sort. As it happens, my diary was free, I have a new, probably unsustainable plan to only accept […]
Champagne and Fromage – Brixton Village
Taking Champagne to Brixton. Perhaps the most happening food-centric market in London at the moment is at Brixton. Londoners love edgy, uncommercialised places where they might just have found something special before their friends. And if Borough Market is so last year now then Covent Garden is just another tourist trap. Head South to Brixton […]
Perrier-Jouët at The Magazine, Hyde Park
A Celebration of Champagne Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Edition Premiere 2007 – Lunch at The Magazine: There are events which are unmissable. Any vintage champagne launch will come high on my personal hit-list while Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque goes right to the top, partly because this champagne house is about so much more than the drink itself. It […]
Bollinger and Boisdale Belgravia
Champagne Bollinger and Boisdale Belgravia Dinner: It’s not often I get invited to an exclusive members only champagne dinner. And, having been to Boisdale in Canary Wharf and Bishopsgate, I was really looking forward to trying the third Boisdale. There are events at all the Boisdale venues ranging from wine and whisky tastings through to […]
Champagne & Fromage
Champagne and Fromage – Covent Garden: Would I like to review Champagne and Fromage? asked the very chic editor at MyChicCity…well, you know, whether you think you are chic or not, the idea of a champagne bar where you can taste a range of limited production grower champagnes along with some rather fine French charcuterie […]