Archive for 'Wine'

The Mystery of Port Philippe Boucheron asks ~ Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?
The wine world is full of many strange customs. None of them are more archaic than the traditions surrounding drinking vintage Port.  Because the wine has been matured in its bottle there is always a great deal of sediment left on [...]

National Wine Month Events ~ May is National Wine month in the UK, celebrating wines from around the world, and encouraging diners and winers to venture out, and put the fun back in to wine. Local wine writer and broadcaster Philippe Boucheron is holding a series of wine dinners and suppers in [...]

Make Time for Wine
We are supporting National Wine Month for May, and have created a series of Wine and food events in association with our wine writer Philippe Boucheron and Midlands Lifestyle Dining Club www.gourmet-life.co.uk. Why dont you make time for wine in May, with some tasty new events listed on eat-the-midlands.  See our new [...]

Now open is ‘Beef Restaurant’ ~ Andreas Antona’s latest Creation  in Kenilworth - Focusing on Andreas ‘ favourite ingredient’ - Andreas comments on the menu “I believe that the very best beef in the world comes from Scotland – there’s nothing to beat the combination of intense flavour, rich texture and visual appeal. So my [...]

See Will Holland on BBC’s ‘Great British Menu’ Starter Episode 1 HERE
Episode 2) Fish Course…HERE
Episode 3) Just Desserts HERE
Episode 4) Final Judgement Day HERE
Michelin Event Review, with Will Holland:
Wednesday 14th April saw a great team success at La Becasse Michelin Restaurant, Ludlow. The brigade on the night, created an exemplorary 7 course tasting menu, each complemented [...]

La Becasse Michelin Star Restaurant, Ludlow ~ Chateauneuf du Pape, and Michelin Menu Selection Evening
Wednesday 14th April 2010, 7.30pm

“Wine from Châteauneuf brings courage, melody, love and joy”
Frederic Mistral - poet, author and Nobel Prize Winner for literature.

Gourmet-Life Midlands Lifestyle Dining Club are delighted to be associated with this exceptional event hosted by our very own [...]

Philippe Boucheron

To many people the mere mention of Port conjures up images of crusty old colonels sitting in their clubs, falling asleep over their after dinner glass of Taylor’s ’63.  A very great vintage that had been ceremoniously decanted that morning by the Club secretary.

In fact Port is slowly but surely undergoing a [...]

Old Rec, New Chef ~ Putting the Fun back into Eating Out

Three rousing cheers for Matt Denwood who has put much-needed Fun back into eating out in Worcester. There is nothing the least bit snooty-nosed about his simple dining bar and restaurant beside the river Severn.

The bar offers an international range of beers [...]

The popular Feathers Country Inn at Brockton, near Much Wenlock, Shropshire hosted an evening of Art, food and wine, in association with acclaimed artist Kerrie Rogers whose exhibition focused on ‘Falling Feathers’ as her centrepiece. Kerrie commented last night “My pieces involve movement and texture, using acrylic on canvas to give a feel [...]

By way of Introduction …..Wine is a way of life for Philippe Boucheron.
For some 35 years Philippe  has been writing on the subject. In 1987 he began broadcasting, organising tastings and even taking groups from the Sunday Times Wine Club and other organisations to vineyards as far a field as Champagne and the Cape.
He was [...]