Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De
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Restaurants
Dinner at De Echoput, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Website: https://echoput.nl/en/ De Echoput is a luxury hotel and restaurant found in the middle of a large forest that was
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Restaurants: Lunch at the Wigmore, a high-end gastropub that’s part of the Langham Hotel, London
Website: https://www.the-wigmore.co.uk/ At the end of Regent Street and the bottom of Portland Place, across the road from All Souls
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Restaurants: Leela and the Palace Cafe, Wynn Palace, Macau
As well as some high-end Michelin-starred restaurants, Wynn Palace in Macau (where I was judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine
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A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines
Website: https://www.wynnresortsmacau.com/en/wynn-palace/dining/lakeview-palace I arrived tonight in Macau in advance of judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. We dined at
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Four lovely wines at the Drapers Arms: Momento, Suertes, Rougeard, Corleone
Four of us gathered at The Drapers Arms to do some playing with the Josephinenhütte wine glasses, and then we
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Nekter Deli: a new wine bar in an impressive space with a great list
Website: https://bar.nekterwines.com/ On Friday evening we headed over to Nekter Deli. I’ve known Nekter as an importer of some very
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A remarkable multicourse meal at Creation, a leading winery in South Africa’s Hemel-en-Aarde wine region
Website: https://www.creationwines.com/activities/ Creation is an impressive winery in the Hemel-en-Aarde wine region of South Africa. Head along the coast to
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Meals of the year, 2025: 16 of my favourite dining experiences
I love restaurants. I know: I spend too much of my income eating and drinking. I approach gastronomy the way
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Restaurants: a near perfect lunch at Chez Bruce, Wandsworth Common, London
Website: https://www.chezbruce.co.uk/ What do you want from a restaurant experience? It really depends. Sometimes you want gastronomic challenge. Sometimes you
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