Category: Food and Drink

‘The Langton Arms’, a beloved local pub in Church Langton, has raised a glass to its grand reopening on Saturday 24 August after a transformative refurbishment. Led by General Manager David Phillips, the pub has undergone a significant upgrade, creating a vibrant and welcoming space for the entire community.

What can we do to eat good-quality food at an affordable price – thinking of those on low incomes – as well as value our local farmers and reduce our carbon footprints?

2023 Capaia South African Rosé (Majestic £7.99)

2021 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Sauvignon Blanc (Asda £16.00)

In the USA, on 5 December 1933, Prohibition was repealed. That same year Ernest and Julio Gallo founded their family business in Modesto, California.

Bordeaux produces great red and dry white wines. Its magnificent sweet white wines, however, tend to be overlooked. Such wines have become unfashionable as low alcohol, dry wines are better aligned with health conscious times. Perhaps also dessert wines lack an obvious place in our fast food/quick meal culture.

2021 Pillitteri Vidal Icewine (Lidl £13.99 per half bottle)

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for Boboli…
And we’re feeling good.

In 1974 I remember buying a bottle of the world’s greatest Chardonnay, Montrachet, for £5 (reduced from £8 thanks to the oil crisis). Adjusted for inflation over 50 years, that’s £65 reduced from £104.

There’s a lot to decode on this label.