Eating in Perth – West Australia We have been travelling to Perth for many years to try the food in this interesting city, however the frequency of our visits increased with our discovery of the exciting Wines of While. This coincided with our decision to import natural wines from France […]
Le Bas Alpin – Forcalquier Forcalquier is a moderate sized town (population 5,212) in the départment of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence which extends from the western end of the Luberon to the Italian border. Forcalquier sits at the eastern end of this départment. We had driven here from Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt where we had enjoyed […]
Le Bonheur Suit Son Cours – Vaison-la-Romaine Le Bonheur Pouruit Son Cours in the pretty Romanesque village of Vaison-la-Romaine in Vaucluse serves interesting dishes that are not at all pretentious to accompany the very well-chosen selection of biodynamic and natural wines. We were once lucky enough to buy a house […]
Bar Heather – Introduction We have been following the career of Ollie Wong-Hee for some time now. Ollie cooked at various locations in Hobart and we also experienced food by he and Luke Burgess when they did a pop-up in Arles in southern France some years ago. Ollie has also […]
Poly – Introduction Poly is an exciting spin-off from one of our all-time favourite restaurants, Ester. Situated on the edge of the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, this casual bar is a perfect place to drop in for a drink, a snack or a series of snacks that can be […]
Clown Bar – Introduction The Clown Bar is both a bar à vins and a restaurant with a tiny kitchen in the 11th arrondissement in Paris. The food is stunningly good and the wine list beyond interesting with an excellent range of natural wines.To understand the Clown Bar it is […]
Le Doyenné – Introduction It is difficult to describe the delight we felt when we arrived at Le Doyenné restaurant for the first time. It was after the Covid lockdown was over, so there had been a long stretch since we had visited France. During that time we had followed […]
Prior to Le Saint Hubert When we first wrote about Le Saint Hubert the first paragraph was about how much we were looking forward to returning to experience the wonderful food and the availability of natural wines. Well, in 2024 we managed to visit once again and our food and […]
Paski Vineria Popolare – Introduction Anything associated with Australia’s most energetic wine importer is bound to be exciting and this place is no exception. Our friend, Giorgio de Maria is the owner of the eponymous canine, Paski and fills in his spare time racing around Europe expanding his wine importing […]
Ahiru Store – Introduction Whenever we land in Tokyo one of our first destinations is the Shibuya district and the tiny wine bar called Ahiru Store. We try to get there early because it is one of the most popular natural wine bars in this busy city. In fact, Ahiru […]
