THE WINE GUY
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V-DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER, AND ANDY CLARKE HAS JUST THE FOOD AND WINE COMBO FOR THE OCCASION, WHETHER YOU’LL BE SHARING WITH SOMEONE OR KEEPING IT ALL FOR YOURSELF...
DRINK UP!
Planeta La Segreta Grillo is £11.99, and Ciello Baglio Rosso Nero d’Avola 2016 is £13.99, both from Grape and Grind; grapeandgrind.co.uk
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s we roll into the second month of the year, for many it’s time to emerge from the Dry January cocoon and start planning the ‘retox’. Welcome back, team! (I’m not a huge fan of making the darkest month of the year any more laborious by abstaining from fun food and alcohol, but have all the respect for those that do partake to help their health, or even raise money for charity.) Whether we’ve fallen off the wagon or were never on it to begin with, now is the time to indulge, with love well and truly in the air. Regardless of whether you do enforced romance
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in the name of St Valentine or not, 14 February is a great excuse to eat, drink and generally be merry (it’s not just for Christmas, that). Some of us might be in the throws of new romance, while others look to re-ignite date night or plan to spend perhaps the most commercially exploited saint’s day in the sole company of Netflix and a bottle of vino. Handily, I’ve got the ultimate food and drink combo for any of the above scenarios. I’m full of lust – I mean love – for Gloucester Road at any time of the year. It’s where my dad grew up and is a treasure trove of independent shops and businesses. One of my favourite