New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs have had a good time recently but I think the old world is fighting back with aplomb.
To support my case I am going to ask you when the last time you tried a Sancerre - any Sancerre. Or a Pouilly Fumé? Find the right one and you get sublime Sauvignon Blanc with more subtlety than the impudent new world youths.
Oh dear, I am going to sound like AA Gill, (although nowhere near as pretentious obviously, or well educated for that matter).
If there is one thing that makes my blood boil in a restaurant it is when they try to get two tips out of me. We’ve all seen the drill, you get a long bill with a very discreet line at the bottom adding 10% or 12.5% service. Then you get presented with the Chip and PIN terminal where the waiter invites you to “add a service charge”.
This is what happened to me when I visited Livebait in Manchester.
Would you pay in advance for a crap meal?
No - I wouldn’t either. However, the wine bar on review here gets away with it because the meal is actually not crap but mainly because the wine list is fantastic.
I had been to the Cork & Bottle on Cranbourn St, near Leicester Square many many times and enjoyed every occasion…well maybe except for the first time I visited, where I couldn’t work out the MO for getting served!
So, since I had started my blog, and I happened to be in London, I thought I would revisit and see how the wine list compared to the last time I was there. It hadn’t changed at all - excellent! (although it’s due a change soon to be fair…. come on Don!)
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