What's in a name?

Wine on Wednesday is on this week, 24 March from 7pm. The venue is Bedford and Strand, a well-established wine bar near Covent Garden that apparently avoids the tourist crowd. Needless to say there are plenty of wines on offer including an A20, an EC2 and a "Middle of Everywhere" Shiraz but I think I'll be hard pressed not to try the Gladiator.

http://www.bedford-strand.com/

Look forward to seeing you there,

Charlie

Who What When Where Wine

WoW! What a big, wonderful night.

First, the venue - Wine Wharf, what can only be described as bustling, with an extensive wine list worth checking out. No surprise it's attached to Vinopolis and in Borough Market territory.

Next, the wine - we certainly went around the world in this department. In this respect, on a personal note, it felt more than fitting as my farewell to London wine nights as we hit a great variety of vinos. Some highlights included:

* "Little Beauty" Pinot Noir from Marlborough in New Zealand, courtesy of Ralphy and in honour of Mike Perry's love of this grape variety and the kiwis in attendance.
* A Serbian red, courtesy of Allana (though she wasn't happy with this particular drop, it was great to explore a less frequented wine spot on the globe).
* The 2006 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, the smooth Italian red headlining the formal tasting at the start of the night.

The other wine which stuck in my head from the night was when proceedings had moved on to The Hide Bar in Bermondsey Street - a 2006 Francis Ford Coppola Director's Cut Zinfandel from California. Lovely, smooth and one to keep an eye out for and try. Zinfandel is America's answer to Italy's Primitivo red grape and this one is a beauty.

Last but not least, the people - like the wines a great mix and made the night. Thanks to all for coming.






Keep enjoying your wine, each other and the times and places you do it.

Cheers

Anto

WWF

Wine Wharf Finale. Next Wednesday's WoW (so 10 March 2010), we're heading London Bridge way to the wonderful Wine Wharf - attached to Vinopolis, it's the wine bar you enter from Borough Market side.

http://www.winewharf.com/

I've organised a formal tasting to kick-off of the night at 6:30pm, so please let me know if you're interested in that (further details below) or just come along as usual around 7:30pm for a mid-week vino.

I hope to see as many of you at some stage on the night as possible and share a wine with you as next Wednesday is the final WoW for me before heading back to Australia later in the month. So, though WoW will remain (under the careful guide of my brother, Charlie), I will be bidding farewell to London.

The tasting, for those keen, is run by the Wharf's own sommelier who covers six wines over the course of an hour and costs £25 per person. Again, please just confirm with me if you intend on coming to this so I can advise them of the numbers.

Cheers

Ant

Try Manouche

It was good.

per CP