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Café Culture
It is hard to believe that 5 years have already elapsed since Le Café Anglais first opened, in the Whitley’s building in Bayswater, bringing some welcome Parisian brasserie bravado and cool art deco influences to the metropolitan dining scene. Uncompromising chef-patron and FT food writer Rowley Leigh is a keen oenophile, as well as a […] -
Burns, Haggis, Neeps and Tatties
It’s long been true that before people meet me for the first time they are half expecting to greet a kilted ginger haired man with a caber casually held over his shoulder - I don’t think names get much more Scottish than Hamish Catanach. This weekend, while finally getting all the festive decorations back up […] -
London Library & Heywood Hill Christmas Party
Last week, we were delighted to be back in St James’ Square for the London Library & Heywood Hill Christmas Party. This was the second year of an event that is gathering steam as an extremely convivial annual meeting of literary folk, lubricated by fine Yapp wine. Hosts Sir Tom Stoppard and Nicky Dunne had […] -
Bath Wine Gang aka “Sancerre Saturday”
Anyone in or around Bath this weekend not only braved some pretty inclement weather but may well have been dropping in to the 2nd floor of the Guildhall to taste a great selection of wines at the inaugural Bath Wine Gang event - http://www.thewinegang.com/ This was the last leg of the tour - Tom and […] -
The One and Only Yapp Christmas Sale
Three times a year we throw open the doors to Yapp HQ and host one of our ever popular sale and tasting days. The two day Christmas Sale is always the most popular, there’s 30 wines opened for tasting and there’s the first real sniff of the festive season. Having working in marketing for many […] -
Gang Show
Catching early flights from Bristol and Heathrow respectively, Tom and I were uncorking bottles in the grand setting of Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms by 11am on Saturday in preparation for The Wine Gang’s annual Scottish tasting. We were soon met by our winemaker friends Christine Campadieu from Collioure and Thomas Schmittel and Antoine Graillot from Crozes […] -
Apèritif
In my dog-chewed copy of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary the definition of 'Apèritif' states that the word derives from the verb 'aperire' (to open). I’m not sure if the idea is that the pre-dinner drink is the opening of the meal or one’s appetite but whichever it is to me it’s the Christmas Eve […] -
Museum Piece
I have hosted wine tastings in all manner of venues across the length and breadth of the country as well as further afield but an invitation by the Fountain Club to host an event at Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital last Thursday lead me to the strangest locale yet. When I learned that our function was to […] -
Provençal Perfection at riverstation
I was delighted to revisit one of my favourite restaurants in the West last Thursday to host a Provençal extravaganza pairing some of Southern France’s lesser-known vinous treasures with a mouth-watering Mediterranean menu devised by chef-patron Peter Taylor. riverstation – do keep up - there is no ‘the’ or capital ‘R’ - is an […] -
Yapp Summer Sale - Good Things Come in Threes
It’s been a while since I worked in tertiary education and even longer since I suggested calling the 3 newly formed Faculties at the City of Bath College Freeman, Hardy and Willis – but for some reason we’re all stuck with the idea that good things come in threes. The Yapp staff have casually suggested […]