Neal Martin

Oct 18, 2024 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

Cornus 27c Eccleston Pl London SW1W 9NF BY NEAL MARTIN | OCTOBER 18, 2024 The Food: Sea bass tartar, oyster cream, green apple and shiso Hand-picked Devon crab, Hass avocado sorbet with wasabi and finger lime Cornish bluefin tuna, late summer tomatoes, blood peach, smoked almond pesto and basil Roast Newlyn cod, persillade of Scottish girolles, line-caught squid, crisp potatoes and Alsace bacon Surrey Hills fallow deer, red cabbage and beetroot with red shiso Chocolate barquette, Mekonga 70%,...

Feb 12, 2024 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

1982 PolRoger Brut Cuvée Sir Winston ChurchillBY NEAL MARTIN | FEBRUARY 12, 2024Ourgreatest Prime Minister, after Liz Truss, had impeccable taste in Champagne. Though I must drink far less bubbly than Sir Winston Churchill (probably like most people), I have always enjoyed the cuvée created in his honor. As thestory goes, the PM met Odette Pol Roger in 1944 at the British Embassy in Paris,and their families struck up a close friendship.

Jan 21, 2024 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

BY NEAL MARTIN | JANUARY 22, 2024Last year was such a treasure trove of amazing bottles that I completely forgot a dinner in February that finished with a pair of outstanding wines from Jean-Louis Chave. The 1983 L’Hermitage is a vintage I have encountered a couple of times before, though not for some years. Gérard Chave would have made this.

Dec 11, 2023 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

Pump Up TheVolume: 2019 Burgundy - BlindBY NEAL MARTIN | DECEMBER 12, 2023Whatprice is a Burgundy label? To what extent does value derive from what isprinted on the bottle's exterior? Do you appreciatea sketch differently, knowing it is by Leonardo da Vinci, a song withoutknowing it was composed by Bach, sitting on a chair blissfully unaware that it’san original Eames?

Dec 10, 2023 | vinous.com | Neal Martin

The 1974 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Georges de Latour was served blind at a restaurant in Beaune, from a vintage where California excelled.