18 January 2024

The Return of the Cape Crusader

South African Wine Dinner 36 on the Quay, Emsworth Wednesday 1st May ​- SOLD OUT Additional Date added - Tuesday 30th April  In his annual…

12 January 2024

South African Wine Tasting Dinner – 25th January

Alistair is hosting a South African Wine Dinner at the The Greenwich in Southsea. Featuring wines from some our favourite producers including Iona and Raats…

17 August 2022

Rioja Wine Dinner – Thursday 20th October

In conjunction with Heritage Cellars, Restaurant 36 on the Quay is delighted to be hosting a very special dinner to celebrate Rioja Wine Month. Rioja…

24 July 2019

Glenelly Estate Wine Dinner

Glenelly Estate Wine Dinner Wednesday 4th September The Star & Garter is delighted to present a special wine dinner featuring the wines of Glenelly Estate.…

20 June 2019

Letter from Africa….

A recent update from our good friends Andrew and Rozy Gunn at Iona Wines, Elgin   SUSTAINABILITY REQUIRES SUSTAINING Anyone who can tell me that…

27 March 2019

A Taste of the Cape – Wine Dinner

We are delighted to be hosting a South African wine dinner at Restaurant 36 on the Quay on Thursday 16th May. The Cape has always…

18 September 2018

The GRAPE Escape – Emsworth

The GRAPE Escape - Emsworth.... is a wine adventure at the heart of this year’s Emsworth British Food Fortnight which starts on Saturday 22ndSeptember.  Organised by Emsworth’s four…

7 August 2018

Getting Fizzy-cal in this hot summer

Weather wise we are in the middle of the most extraordinary summer, the warmest we are led to believe since the summer of 1976. One…

9 July 2018

A truly remarkable woman in wine

I was lucky enough last week to host a wine dinner with Nicolas Bureau of South Africa’s Glenelly Estate. To a full house, Nicolas told…

30 June 2018

From small things…

It’s a not one his best-known songs but there is a Bruce Springsteen track called ‘From small things big things one day come’ and I…