Intoxicatingprose - intoxicatingprose.com - Intoxicating Prose
General Information:
Latest News:
WINE: China’s First Traceable Wine 20 Aug 2013 | 03:16 pm
Johnny Chan: Pioneer of Provenance (for Vertu) ‘LET’S change this industry: come clean and let the land speak,’ says Johnny Chan about Chinese wine while swirling a glass of his lime-flecked, subtly....
DESIGN: Great Northern Hotel 16 Aug 2013 | 11:39 pm
THE historic Gothic fantasia of the reopened St. Pancras Hotel now has some not-so-new competition. Douglas Blyde takes the grand tour of the Great Northern Hotel, Victorian London’s very first railwa...
TRAVEL: Great Grapes of Lebanon 13 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Douglas Blyde defies foreign office rhetoric to meet the stars of the Lebanese wine industry, beginning in the Bekaa Valley... (for Foodepedia) BORDERED by Israel, the Golan Heights, Syria and sea, f...
SPIRITS: Twenty Two Mile Cocktail 6 Aug 2013 | 02:54 pm
Douglas Blyde heads to Four Seasons, Hampshire to sample a summer cocktail crafted from local ingredients (for Harper’s) “I THINK of myself as a junior mixologist, steering drinks,” says James Edwar....
RESTAURANTS: Nooror Somany Steppe 5 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Special Envoy of Thailand’s Cuisine (for Vertu) NOOROR Somany Steppe orders enough dishes to paint the table. ‘I dream in food’ she says. The youngest of seven, Steppe was born in Thailand’s Chachen....
WINE: Waves of Taste Along The Loire 1 Aug 2013 | 03:49 am
The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real. [Gary Vaynerchuk] THE minds behind Sopexa, promoters extraordinaire of French food, wine and lifestyle, aske....
RESTAURANTS: Massala 30 Jul 2013 | 07:32 pm
CHEF Sunil Kumar Sinha is keen to dispel “the myth” that Indian food is automatically fattening. “The truth is, real Indian food is incredibly wholesome,” he says firmly. “Many spices have health bene...
WINE: Under Gaze of Tito 18 Jul 2013 | 04:54 pm
KLEMEN Mlečnik fleetingly casts eyes to a clearing high in the densely-forested hills. There, a five metre high inscription made of stones proclaims ‘TITO' in capitals. "Older people maintain it," say...
PERFUME: Sheikh Majed 18 Jul 2013 | 04:51 pm
Nose behind The Fragrance Kitchen (for Vertu) DRIVEN to craft scents which linger “long after their wearer left the room,” Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah unites traditional aspects of Middle Eastern perfumery...
ART: Does Wine Affect Art? 16 Jul 2013 | 02:51 pm
RUINART, the oldest house creating Champagne (1729), chose to promote its ties with art via a tour of works at Masterpiece. The annual London fair coincided with the launch of "upcycling fan", Piet He...
