Slow-Cooked Venison Shank in Red Wine for an Italian Date Night Dinner This is the second of our date-night menus, which we are sharing just ahead of Valentine’s Day. If your taste is more for British food and an all British date-night, then do take a look at our English Sparkling Wine with Scottish Seafood […]
Franciacorta – the Italian answer to champagne
Lo Sparviere Brut Cuvée n.7 NV Franciacorta DOCG – Review I first became aware of Franciacorta, the deliciously deluxe Italian sparkling wine, on a wonderful trip for London Unattached to Lake Garda for the Fish and Chef gastronomic festival. Michelin starred chefs worked their magic with the lake fish and we toasted the chefs, the […]
Wines of Le Marche and Roasted Red Pepper Pesto
Guest Post by Madeline Jones from Hotel Leone – Le Marche Wines Introduction Last year, when we could travel freely, I was lucky enough to visit Hotel Leone in Le Marche and to meet Madeline and her husband Tim. I LOVED the place and was hoping to return this year. Sadly that looks unlikely – […]
Mercato Metropolitano – Bottles and Battles Italian Wine Bar
Italian Heaven in Elephant at Bottles & Battles A stone’s throw from Elephant and Castle Tube Station, opposite the Southwark Playhouse there’s a gateway manned by security guards in the evenings. A club perhaps? In a way, Mercato Metropolitano has become just that. Despite being just three years old, this massive space of indoor and […]
Conti di San Bonifacio hotel – Review
A luxury boutique Tuscan wine resort and hotel – Conti di San Bonifacio. Ever since reading Lampedusa’s The Leopard in my twenties I have wanted to be an Italian aristocrat of noble lineage. However, the Count of San Bonifacio got there first and his family line can be traced back for over 1000 years whereas […]
Enoteca Rabezzana – Review
The Wines and Kitchen of Enoteca Rabezzana. The literal translation of the word Enoteca is ‘wine repository’ and it refers to an establishment that showcases the products of wine producers from a particular area as well as serving local food. Rabezzana is a vineyard in the Monferrato area of Italy that has been producing wine since […]
Wines from Berry Bros. & Rudd to try this Christmas
Wines Pairings for Christmas from Berry Bros. & Rudd: What do you do when you are working out what wines to buy for Christmas? It’s a time of year when you really want something a little bit special – and yet, there is such a range of food to think about, it can be hard […]
Bocconcino Mayfair Review
Bocconcino Revisited – Mayfair Italian Restaurant: The last time I visited Bocconcino Italian Restaurant to review it had only just opened. I was impressed – in an area packed with apparently beautiful restaurants that don’t always deliver food warranting the exhorbitant price tag, Bocconcino was an unexpected delight. We feasted. The Italian restaurant delivered an […]
Villa di Geggiano, Italian Restaurant Chiswick – Review
A little bit of Tuscany by way of West London: Having booked dinner for 6pm when the restaurant starts evening service, and, as someone who generally errs on the side of caution, I managed to arrive before Villa di Geggiano in Chiswick opened. Peering through the iron gates, I could see a Tuscan style vine […]