Brussels Dining: Café Victor and Café Metropole
Café Metropole
Excellent food, great service in a stunning location. Not a bad start. A few years ago the Café Metropole was a given a...
Dining in Brussels: Down in the Bowery
Colin Moors savours haute cuisine dining in a high fashion concept store.
Tucked away in a large concrete edifice on the Chaussée de Louvain is...
Wine tips: Eastern European wine history
Geoffroy van Lede from Le Vin du Mois offering his wine tips and asks: What if New World wines were not as far away...
Steiermark wine: Steep hills, keen Austrian wines
This month we head for the hills to find out about Steiermark wine and the ‘Steirische Terroir & Klassikweingüter'.
Steep slopes at high elevations, unpredictable...
Food: The Chocolate & Wine Taste Bomb
Food: The Master Chocolatiers of Neuhaus called in... a wine expert for their tastes chocolate and wine taste bomb.
On their own, they are delicious;...
Food & Drink: The Food Of Love
Food & Drink: Paul Morris and Emma Portier Davis find themselves on opposite sides of the divide. Firstly, Emma explains why food is the greatest...
Wine books: TASCHEN Dali’s The Wines of Gala
This month we focus on wine books with an eccentric but serious look at a Dalíesque grouping of fine wines.
Hot on the heels (or...
Brussels dining contrasts: Café Métropole and Deliveroo
Café Metropole
One of our favourite spots for a bit of lunch or dinner is the Métropole Café. It’s not just that it’s nice be...
Wine: AOC Rasteau – Say Cheese!
Our wine page this month says: ‘Blessed are the cheese mongers’
Nestled in the hillsides, bathed in sunshine and surrounded by vineyards, the little village...
Wine: Ruffus, Vignoble Des Agaises
Wine: This month Xavier Bostem talks to Rodolphe Leroy about an exceptional Belgian vineyard.
Tell us about the background to Les Agaises: The vineyard is located...













