Category: Food & Wine

On the table: Brunswick House Café

This month food writer Victoria Stewart risks all on the A3036 in the name of gustatory goodness, hopping across the lanes at Vauxhall to visit Brunswick House Café – an intriguing Aladdin’s cave serving sensational seasonal grub. My experience of people talking about Vauxhall was in reference to it having a park amusingly called the pleasure […]

Gymkhana comes to the Sussex Cellar

Following our inaugural Cellar Series event, an Anglo-Indian collaboration with the Michelin-starred Gymkhana, Demetri Walters MW reports on a remarkable meal in our Sussex Cellar. Gymkhana: the name used to conjure-up children’s show-jumping competitions. At least it did to me. Now it immediately brings to mind the finest Indian cuisine that I have ever encountered. […]

Tips for tackling wine lists

The infernal, eternal wine list can prove intimidating even for expert oenophiles. Here, Steffan Griffiths from our Private Wine Events team provides the ultimate guide to fearlessly navigating a restaurant’s wine list. Restaurant wine lists can sometimes feel like the arch-nemeses of the budding wine enthusiast: providing one with so much choice you have no […]

On the table: Medlar

Food writer Victoria Stewart continues her exploration of London’s culinary scene with an impeccable lunch at the elegant Medlar, a pristine spot on the King’s Road that punches above its Chelsea peers. What do two suited young men, a fabulous pensioner in a multi-coloured spotty dress coat and London’s wine crowd all have in common? They […]