World’s Best Ice Cream – Part 1

World’s Best Ice Cream – Part 1

La Gelateria della Musica via Pestalozzi 4 Porta Genova 20143 Milan Italy In October last year I stayed at a rather non descript hotel in the Porta Genova district of Milan in Italy. One day whilst talking to the hotel manager our conversation drifted towards the...
Bistrot Gourmand Clovis

Bistrot Gourmand Clovis

Bistrot Gourmand Clovis 21 Grand Rue, 06140 Tourrettes-sur-Loup, France 04-93-58-87-04 Website: www.clovisgourmand.fr “An inimitable experience” Reviewed 21 November 2014 We stumbled onto this restaurant in the lovely town of Tourrettes sur Loup quite by accident and...
Lindeman’s Limestone Ridge 2001

Lindeman’s Limestone Ridge 2001

My father brought out this bottle, 2001 Lindeman’s Limestone Ridge Shiraz Cabernet, yesterday. A couple of days after Christmas so it was up against some great wines my family had drunk over the festive period. I’ve been a fan of Limestone Ridge for decades....
Bishop Sessa

Bishop Sessa

BISHOP SESSA Over the past year, this establishment has evolved into an elegant bistro that deserves the attention of sophisticated diners. In a city where new establishments rarely bring anything new to the dining experience, Sydney’s Bishop Sessa serves...
The World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine

The World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine

Whilst traipsing aimlessly along the retail corridors of Dubai International Airport recently, I spied a big beautiful black wine bottle in an elegant display case. It was impossible to miss because it was so enormous. Everyone who passed by was tempted to take a...