Can you imagine a world without wine? This is the story behind Root Cause, a recently published book by Steven Laine. Corvina Guerra is a flying winemaker who dreams of one day settling down in her native Italy on her family’s vineyard. On a visit to a vineyard in Italy, Corvina makes a startling discovery: Phylloxera, a menacing plant that devastated vineyards in Europe … [Read more...]
Archives for 2019
Brussels ‘Dinner in the Sky on Water’ programme announced
For its 2019 Brussels edition, Dinner in the Sky will head to the Canal, opposite the future Kanal Pompidou Museum. Since its launch in Brussels in 2006, Dinner in the Sky has always focused on making its guests experience "childhood dreams". Whether in Belgium or in the 70 countries where the concept has been developed. This year, that magic takes place on the … [Read more...]
Two brothers from another sea: Kobus van der Merwe to cook with Willem Hiele in Belgium and South Africa
Chefs Willem Hiele and Kobus van der Merwe, from Belgium and South Africa respectively, have a lot of things in common despite the fact that they cook and live thousands of kilometres apart. The two chefs will organise a unique interactive experience that takes place in Flanders Belgium and on the West Coast in South Africa. The first leg of this home and away experience, … [Read more...]
Three Sauvignon Blancs from the master of minerality Hannes Sabathi
Hannes Sabathi, the congenial winegrower from the Südsteiermark loves the distinctive mineral interplay of different soils in wine and is completely dedicated to the vinification of these sophisticated expressions. He realised at a young age that for him the truth about wine lay in the soil. Since then, the terroir fanatic has worked without compromise to vinify wines from … [Read more...]
Magnus Nilsson to close Faviken in December 2019: “For the first time I woke up and did not feel excited to go to work”
Magnus Nilsson, chef of the famous Swedish restaurant Faviken has announced he will be closing the restaurant in December 2019. The Swedish chef said that he began to feel that the restaurant had to come to an end. "It would be impossible to run a restaurant like this without it turning into a fake experience. I am not interested in making this project that has been run on … [Read more...]
