by Caspar Bowes

Etienne Grivot on sparkling form as we taste his 2009 vintageI flew into Geneva from London City airport last evening and what an excellent service. City airport is easily accessible via the DLR and inside is quiet and a quite reasonable place to while away an hour or so as one waits to depart.Havin…

A waterfall in the Dubai MallArrived in Dubai late on Friday night to find the temperature up at a muggy 33 C or so and things have continued in much the same vein.Yesterday I lunched in a restaurant called Eau Zone at the Royal Mirage One and Only Resort, my fellow luncher a New Zealander who is…

The River Test at Wherwell where trout run bigI am lucky to have fished the River Test twice in the last month or so, in the first instance at Broadlands, where the lower river is broad and, on our visit, brightly sparkling under clear skies and bright, late summer sunlight.These are tricky condit…

A merry, if slightly liverish, band by the black waters of the FindhornThe dust has settled; the fallout, having attained its half-life, now outwith its span of toxicity. The mighty John Buchan Food and Wine Society has convened for its annual get-together in the midge-infested Far North…and …

Calycanthus floridus, a relative of Magnolia, the spidery flowers of which smell of wine vinegarI have been playing a bit of golf recently, on one occasion carrying my bag for a full 18 holes. Killing time on the driving range until tee-off the next day, I felt my beleaguered spine "go" and limped …