France / Paris
on 15 April 2025 at 6:25 am ×
Aux Deux Amis – Introduction Aux Deux Amis is one of our favourite places in Paris, one that we visit every time we are passing through. It serves interesting, fresh produce that has been cleverly sourced and a range of many of our favourite natural wines. The décor at Aux […]
United Kingdom / London
on 7 April 2025 at 6:36 am ×
Quality Wines – Introduction On our most recent trip to France we caught flights that stopped in London on the way over before catching the train to Paris. We then flew out of London after six weeks touring around France. This gave us the opportunity to have a liesurely lunch […]
Australia / Melbourne / Wine
on 5 April 2025 at 7:05 am ×
Samuel Pepys – Introduction Samuel Pepys is a lovely wine shop and cafe in Northcote in the suburbs of Melbourne. It is owned and operated by the talented Joey Elder who has an excellent knowledge of the wines he sells. At Samuel Pepys you can peruse the shelves with row […]
France / Strasbourg / Strasbourg
on 5 April 2025 at 5:29 am ×
Au Fil du Vin Libre – Introduction Au Fil du Vin Libre is a natural wine store in the Alsace city of Strasbourg. This is a very serious store with a stellar line up of the stars of the natural wine world. Walk in here and you will see wines […]
France / Provence
on 11 March 2025 at 1:40 am ×
La Fourchette – Introduction For many years we maintained a house that was about 45 minutes north of Avignon which was the largest administrative city in the Vaucluse region, which sits in the North-West corner of Provence. As a result we got to go there quite often and hence we […]
Melbourne
on 27 February 2025 at 3:56 am ×
Bar Spontana – Introduction Bar Spontana is a wonderful restaurant hiden away behind the main drag of Sydney Road in Brunswick. The Thai chefs are highly skilled in this complex cuisine and the waiting staff here are anxious for everyone to have a good time both as a result of […]
Melbourne
on 26 February 2025 at 5:29 am ×
Good Days: Introduction Good Days is a relatively new small restaurant in Brunswick on Sydney Road. It turns out excellent bowls of Vietnamese food where every component has been treated with respect and the flavours are strong and integrated with each other. We have for decades been impressed by the […]
Italy
on 21 February 2025 at 11:50 pm ×
Trattoria da Gianni – Introduction Bologna is our sort of city. The locals are obsessed with food and especially the dishes that are the subject of this story. The architecture is amazing with beautiful buidlings and towers every way you look. We also like the fact that it is a […]
France
on 18 February 2025 at 11:44 pm ×
Autour de l’Âtre – Introduction On our 2024 trip to France we drove from the Savoie after visiting winemakers in that area to the Jura – which is always an interesting drive as the scenery is spectacular and the roads very good. However, on this occasion we diverted in the […]
France
on 15 February 2025 at 1:23 am ×
Caves Madeleine – Introduction Caves Madeleine is a restaurant and wine shop in the wine town of Beaune in Burgundy. It serves comfort food of excellent quality using carefully selected produce from nearby and it has a wall of wine that you can select from and either consume in the […]