More champagne today. As Liberace said, “Too much of a good thing is wonderful…” (I just saw “Behind the Candelabra” – good movie but didn’t knock my socks off. And that is the end of my film critic career…) ANYWAY, back to the more important stuff…It’s that time of year...
read moreFinally managed to get the video uploaded from lunch at Joel Robuchon’s L’Atelier with Bruno Paillard’s champagnes a couple of weeks ago. The video’s not as long as it looks, only 5 minutes but Viddler insists on adding lots of extra space at the end. Alice Paillard (Bruno’s daughter), Willie Lebus...
read morePicture it – 10:20 Monday morning, just sitting down to the laptop, still in my jammies with a nice big pot of coffee by my side, thinking of heading over to the California wine trade tasting later that afternoon. (Riiiiing, riiiiing) “Hullo?” “Denise? Hi, it’s Dan from Bibendum. Listen I’m very...
read moreWe tried 5 different champagnes in the Bruno Paillard masterclass held at the just opened Bluebird Wine shop. I’ve blogged previously about their non-vintage champagnes, now it’s the turn of the vintage champagnes to go through the wringer. The house only releases vintage champagnes in what they consider exceptional...
read moreI attended a masterclass the other day at a new wine shop that has recently opened within the Bluebird Cafe/Restaurant complex. Bluebird, on the King’s Road in Chelsea, has been around for about 10 years but has recently undergone renovations and has now had an epicerie and wineshop added to the premises. Bruno Paillard is a...
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