Zest & the Baron
In the Mood
Hong Kong Island: I wound my way down Hennessey Road on an impossibly thin, old, ‘double-decker’ tram, the carriage made of ancient wood, worn down to the...
Consecration Wine
" I made Versailles for my Court, Marly for my friends and Trianon for myself. "
Louis XIV, The Sun King
Versailles
The Grand Trianon is a French Baroque-style chateau set within its own park,...
The Cook, the Coach, the Wife and a Love of Wine
The Valentine’s Day Massacre
An invitation from Cambodia’s Wine Warehouse team was simply too good to refuse; a wine pairing dinner at the...
Bordeaux, Asia Tour 2022 - Maison Ginestet - Warehouse
Tasted on the 39th floor of the Rosewood Hotel, Phnom Penh Cambodia on the 25th of November 2022
Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion – Pessac Leognan
The property...
The Art of Camembert
“Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!”
Michael Leunig
It was over half a century ago, 1966...
The Cardinal’s Slipper
Pantoufle du Cardinal
“Wine is the intellectual part of a meal while meat is the material.”
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas
The name Alexandre Dumas is writ large across French history through the late 18th and the 19th...
Il Mangera le Riche - Révolution and Food
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
Voltaire
Fête Nationale Française, (known as Bastille...
All Dressed Up in a Sour Place
"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."
William Shakespeare
The taste of Place
The French term Choucroute Garni, means ‘dressed...
