Category Archives: Restaurants

What wines to match with Food Bloggers?

January 23, 2009 – 5:12 pm

This week, Rafael Vivanco of Dinastia Vivanco was in town to attend the Bibendum Annual Tasting, so I thought it would be a great opportunity for him to meet a few people outside our usual “trade” circles.
Trade lunches and dinners are extremely interesting as I get to talk to some of the most influential sommeliers [...]

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Rioja for a song

September 12, 2008 – 8:16 pm

Good news if you live outside of London, or a good excuse to leave for a bit (London does get the lion’s share of attention generally).
Wines from Rioja is sponsoring a campaign through regional newspapers in Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham and in Scotland. You collect tokens in these newspapers and get a chance to go out [...]

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