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A Table for One at Erst, Ancoats

The seven-month-old newcomer inspires with playful small plates of serene simplicity, zingy orange wine and, honestly, a really good playlist.

“They’ll cut your throat for half a crown” was the pithy caveat that my Grandad’s father would use to warn him of the people of Ancoats. 891 mais palavras

Hunger And Thirst: Roxane Gay x Oriol Artigas

Welcome to my first edition of #aperohourweekly in many months!

Recently, I’ve been reading a lot of memoir and marvelling at the way that a well-written account of someone’s life, despite being entirely personal, can have universal ramifications. 1.322 mais palavras

Food

Terlingham Vineyard Harvest Tasting

The Vineyard

Nestled in amongst ancient woodland and classic English hedgerows, the uniform rows of vines are catching the last few hours of sunshine before the harvest. 908 mais palavras

Tasting Notes

Rebel Planet

Creamy and delicious, terrifically cloudy, but a Key-lime zesty sheet-cake to the face, heady with whip-cream and apple-cider and strawberry components laid heavily on savory sweaty sex like the kitchen floor of 9½ Weeks. 190 mais palavras

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Is France on its way to ban pesticides?

If you thought Brexit was the only source of entertainment with yelling people, bickering politicians and social media exploding with discussions between people who don’t listen to each other, you’re wrong! 823 mais palavras

Wine

3 Expressive New Arrivals from the Loire Valley

We just landed the excellent Mont Damnes from Pierre Martin, so I wanted to highlight it and a couple of my other favorite new releases from the Loire Valley. 889 mais palavras

Small Steps

Raspy green nose, pitchy and resinous. Powerful with smokey caramel tropical up near 60°, viscous and thick with heavy fruit coming off in warm waves. Down around 50°, all the clean, focused beauty congeals. 244 mais palavras

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