Red Lion Wine House – review

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Red Lion Wine House, 26a Worrall Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2UE t: 01173 292 303 w: www.redlionwinehouse.com twitter: @redlionwine Tucked away on Worrall Road – just off Whiteladies, is the Red Lion Wine Bar, one of Bristol’s best kept secrets. The concept is simple, amazing wine with cheese. You walk into a small wine bar-come [...]

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Chocolate Wine – you what?!

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So a couple of weeks ago I got an email from our good friend Alan from Clifton Cellars saying that they had recently had some chocolate wine in and that it was flying off the shelves. Now whilst chocolate and wine may be two of my very favourite things, the idea of combining them didn’t [...]

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Wine & Cheese evening at The Elephant, Tues 13 Sept, £5

20 St. Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UB 0117 929 3561 www.TheElephantBristol.co.uk bookings@TheElephantBristol.co.uk Like wine? Like cheese? Thought so! On Tuesday 13th The Elephant on St Nicholas Street is hosting their very own wine and cheese evening for the bargain price of just £5 a head. Your hosts for the evening will be Ben from the [...]

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How we taste

All too often we chomp down on some food or glug down some wine with little thought of how to really pick out the flavours – how to enjoy them and make the most of them. In the below article, Alan Wright of Clifton Cellars shares his expert knowledge on how we taste to get [...]

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My naked wine experience

No this is not some dodgy wine themed calendar we’re doing, it’s a review about the wine tasting I went to last week held by the lovely people at Naked Wines. The tasting was held at Brunel’s Old Station on Tuesday evening, the lovely Fran from Naked Wines explained that the evening was a casual [...]

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Wine Tasting event in Bristol – Naked Wine Tours, 28 June

Date / Time: Tuesday 28th June, 6.30pm til 9pm Venue: Brunel’s Old Station (The Passenger Shed), Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH Cost: £10 per head BUT order on the night and get your money back! Web: www.nakedwines.com/tastings/naked-wines-tasting-tour-bristol.htm Fancy the chance to learn more about wines from some of the top winemakers in [...]

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Latest food and wine matches from Clifton Cellars: May 2011

Take a look below for some of the latest food and wine matches from the lovely Alan at Clifton Cellars – the perfect accompaniment to these yummy summer dishes Beetroot pesto – this is a tricky one because the dominant taste here is the beetroot which normally calls for a red wine, but the fish [...]

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Bristol Foodie meets Clifton Wine Cellars

Now hands in the air – I know nothing about wine, other than that I like to drink it and that too much of it will give me a sore head in the morning. I’m fascinated by it though and always keen to learn more which is why an evening with Alan owner of Clifton [...]

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Bell’s Diner – Setting the bar for fine dining in Bristol.

Bell’s Diner 1-3 York Rd, Montpellier, Bristol, BS6 5QB T:- 0117 924 0357 W:-http://www.bellsdiner.com/index.php?mn=317 Bell’s Diner really is a funny little place. Tucked away in Montpellier, Bristol’s Bohemian hub, it’s all about contradictions. Whilst we ooohed and aaahed our way through one of the most incredible meals I’ve ever had, a snaggle-toothed tramp danced in [...]

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Chocolate and Love Review

Imagine our delight at the prospect of being sent some free samples of top quality chocolate from Chocolate and Love. The perfect excuse to hook up, drink wine and eat chocolate – all in the art of blogging! First things first, the packaging is stunning, bright, floral – a piece of art on their own! [...]

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