Go West

For the next Wine on Wednesday, which is on 5 August 2009, we're going to try out The Kensington Wine Rooms on Kensington Church Road (number 127-129, postcode W8 7LP). It's just around the corner from Notting Hill Gate tube. We'll get there for 8pm.

http://www.greatwinesbytheglass.com/

Hope to see you there.

Vin de pays

Wright Brothers is a cracker. Thanks to all those who came down to Borough for Wine on Wednesday just gone. It was a lovely mild London summer night, hence Rosé was what I defaulted to as a starting point. We shortly moved on to red, going for some carafes of the house wine on their list - French country wine which turned out to be from out of a box, yes, that's right - we enjoyed cask wine. It tasted lovely and was very fitting on such a pleasant relaxed evening with friends.

We also sampled some of the oysters Wrigtht Brothers have on offer at their Porter House. Out of the English, Irish and French oysters we tried, the slightly smoother saltier tasting Irish ones seemed the best (at least in my opinion). Delightful.

All in all, Wright Brothers is a fantastic little spot.

Be on the look out for the next venue which I'll post in the next couple of days.

Ant

P.S. Jono Perry, glad to hear you were enjoying some Chianti Classico on Wednesday back home. Cheers.

Wine Borough

Wine on Wednesday next week, 22 July 2009, will be at Wright Brothers Oyster & Porter House at Borough Market. I understand it's a little gem, so am looking forward to a glass or two at this bar located in one of my favourite parts of town.

Come around 7:30pm - it's on Stoney Street. Closest tubes are London Bridge and Borough.

Particularly with my co-hosts away (brother Charlie in Indonesia and Rach will be in Turkey), I would love to see any and all there next Wednesday.

Cheers

Anto

Summer Rosé

I really enjoyed Vinoteca.

Having already had some white at lunch, Greeny selected a French red to sip on for the evening - a Fleurie Domaine de Gry Sablon - while Rach, Sammy, Slaughter and I opted to get in to the Rosé - one from Portugal (Quinta de Giesta), very strong in colour (a rich ruby red resembling red cordial), and very refreshing. Not too heavy, not too light, just right, which matched the mood of the evening. Rosé for the summer I say.

Here's the website for Vinoteca.

http://www.vinoteca.co.uk/

It's definitely worth a visit for a vino if you haven't already.

Next Wine on Wednesday is 22 July - details'll be up on the blog soon.

Cheers

Vinoteca

Is the bar where we’re heading next Wednesday evening (8 July 2009) for a wine… it’s in Clerkenwell on St John Street between Farringdon and Barbican tube stations. Come one come all from about 7pm onwards.

Hope to see you there.

P.S. I’m already getting the taste for a delightfully chilled Rosé.

Fine Refinery and Panari

Wine on Wedenesday helped celebrate Kel Murdoch’s birthday last week. Importantly, wines were drunk. Get to The Refinery if you haven’t yet – it’s a top new-ish bar, great for a feed and drink. Not to mislead the enthusiasts, it isn’t a dedicated wine bar, though it does have a generous wine list with an impressive variety actually.

http://www.therefinerybar.co.uk/

Meanwhile, I found myself “in transit” in Nairobi last Wednesday night where my cousin Ed and I enjoyed an easy drinking everyday Chilean Sauvingnon Blanc at the lovely Panari Hotel bar. A much needed settler at the time in the crazy Kenyan city.

Am back in London now and looking forward to wines next week. I’ll post the details of where shortly.

Ant