Monday, October 27, 2008

Latest from UJ

ShelfTalk tackles Malbec, Cuff it like Bond in BoozeBluff and a wine/Indian cuisine dinner at Benares features in WineMate.
http://www.urbanjunkies.com/london/wine-chap.html

Sherry Interview with Heston Blumenthal

A recent interview with Heston Blumenthal for More Intelligent Life reveals the ground-breaking chemistry underpinning his revolutionary pairing of sherries with dishes on a molecular level, with examples from a specially-created menu revealed last month. Also discussed are; the perfect wine for that trickiest of foods – artichokes; turtle-fishing; and turning water in to wine:
http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/heston-blumenthal

Monday, October 20, 2008

More Intelligent Life Article

Notes from the Bottom of A Bottle...
Whilst I'm at it... WineChap has a new column for the Economist's online cultural platform, More Intelligent Life, which is a spuriously topical and barely-informed piece written after drinking a bottle of Grand Cru Burgundy (alone) whilst reading the FT. First one (see link below) - came out last month, should be another (interview with Heston Blumenthal) soon...
http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/story/what-to-drink-during-a-financial-crisis

Urban Junkies Archive

WineChap articles on Urban Junkies
Below is a link to the archive of monthly WineChaps WineTips columns from 2008 including most recently a review of El Bulli, and how to Drink Like a Man.
http://http://www.urbanjunkies.com/london/wine-chap-archive-08/index.html
Each time a new article is posted, I'll make more of an effort to inform this blog-thingy that there is new stuff to read elsewhere...