Category: Food & Wine

A Gymkhana collaboration: wine on spice

Culminating on Saturday 12th May, we’ve teamed up with No.3’s neighbour and Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Gymkhana to offer a month-long collaborative tasting menu. Fanning together multiple flavours from around the world through each delicious course, we speak to Head Sommelier Valentin Radosav on how best to pair wine with spice “It looks like we’re at […]

No contest: Claret

This week, our Head Chef Stewart Turner looks to Claret for seasonal inspiration “Claret” is the traditional British name for the red wine of Bordeaux. In 1154, the area of Aquitaine – a powerful dukedom that covered the whole of southwest France, including Bordeaux and La Rochelle – came under English control through marriage and […]

Chocolate conundrums – the best drinks to match

With Easter fast approaching it is that time of year when we like to look at our favourite tipples’ often troublesome relationship with chocolate. Here Fine Wine Account Manager and resident chocolate expert Peter Newton recommends some of his tried and tested matches, perfect for exploring this coming weekend   Chocolate and wine Chocolate has […]

Easter eggs

With only days to go until Easter celebrations, we turn to Head Chef Stewart Turner for a recipe suggestion that brings the more traditional egg to the table, providing the ideal start to any long-weekend As Easter approaches I thought I would come up with a recipe – maybe unsurprisingly using eggs, although not of […]