distressed designer wine bar in downtown Montreal......
Nightlife
December 29th, 2009
Offering a selection of some 300 wines and sporting some of the most beautifully distressed decor we’ve seen in some time, the Pullman in downtown Montreal is impeccably designed by award winning local designer, Bruno Braën. A tapas menu that offers venison tartare, bison burgers and oysters is more than ample enough to spend some serious time sampling the well traveled wine selection that is served by the deeply knowledgeable staff…. each waiter is a trained sommelier! It’s the decor that really knocks us for six though with it’s warehouse chic, exposed concrete walls, retro woods and the perfectly apt wine glass chandelier that acts as the rather fitting centerpiece to this unique little bar.
Food & Drink
July 28th, 2009
Much like a bus (only a more efficient, better looking and stylish one) we wait months, maybe years, for a post on Sweden and then two totally unrelated, yet equally intriguing, stories hit our inbox in quick succession. This may be as far removed from boutique creative accommodation as could be, yet there must be something in the ice-cool Scandinavian air. Much like you wouldn’t expect boutique hotels to be dishing out rooms for nothing, you probably also would not have put money on someone producing sparkling wine from a birch tree. Back in 1785, however, that’s precisely what somebody did, and as you would expect, it didn’t catch on.
It wasn’t until recently, whilst indexing a unique archive containing 300 years worth of reports, essays and articles, that environmental engineer Peter Mosten stumbled across this ancient recipe. Curiosity got the better of him, and after a decade of experimentation Morsten finally achieved his labour of love, Sav™ sparkling elixir. Sav™’s content of natural sugars, calcium, phosphor, magnesium, manganese, zinc and iron mean that drinking, in theory, could be a relatively healthy experience, and whilst we’re not entirely sure that this will stand up as a marketing campaign for the fledgling company, it’s more than enough of an excuse for us. Cheers!
Tio Pepe leads the Sherry revival
Food & Drink
August 17th, 2008
For too long the fortified wine produced in the region of Jerez, southern Spain, has had an image in the UK as an ‘old person’s drink’ and been looked down upon by wine aficionados. Thanks to a marketing charm offensive along with an increasing appreciation of matching wines to foods, sherry is making somewhat of a comeback, and Spanish giant Tio Pepe is right at the heart of this revival.
Food & Drink
March 5th, 2008
Ever the purveyors of stylish homewear gadgets, accessories and general cool ’stuffness’, the Italian design giants Alessi (in collaboration with the National Palace Museum Taiwan) are back