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...The exhibition runs from April 17 to September 15; gallerieaccademia.it....
...More lithe than many white Mâcons today. £17.50 The Wine Society Moschopolis, Aióra White 2021 Greece 13% Scrummy!...
...In Rioja, too, they’ve widened the scope of grape varieties allowed....
...Tastes like a young rioja from a warm year....
...We expect this recession to be the same length, five quarters, and similar in depth — a 2.5 per cent fall in GDP this time versus a 2.7 per cent fall in the 1990s....
...It seems only a moment ago that it was relatively easy for British wine drinkers to find something interesting for £7 a bottle....
...$17.8m after a 12-minute bidding war....
...(At last check, core CPI was expected to rise 2.7 per cent year-over-year, and the ILO unemployment rate was expected to be 4.3 per cent.)...
...Buying guide ● Heathrow airport is a 40-minute drive west from Kensington High Street ● The borough of Kensington and Chelsea has one of the lowest council taxes in London in 2016-17 at £2,085 for a home...
...Tesco, which has struggled to counter the onslaught from discount stores such as Lidl and Aldi, said profit for the 2014/15 year would be £2.4bn-£2.5bn, down from its previous forecast of £2.8bn and £3.3bn...
...Things had started decorously enough, with speeches from the town hall balcony and a procession to the river, with flag-waving representatives of 895 rowers from 17 countries....
...Roast pheasant, red cabbage and turnip gratin £16.50 Roast pork belly, neeps and garlic greens £15.95 Still water x 2 £7.00 Rioja Montesc 2010 £8.00 Diet Coke £2.95 Latte £2.50 Filter coffee £2.25...
...Password 2: Montrachet. To enter, see terms and conditions at www.ft.com/fizzes. Start date November 30, close date December 31....
...That resulted in the overall three-month Libor being set at 3.1925 per cent on October 30, down from the prior day’s level of 3.42 per cent....
...The American Religious Identification Survey 2008 reckoned that about 12 per cent of Americans were atheist or agnostic, though only 0.7 per cent self-identified as atheist and only 2.3 per cent said there...
...£45 The Sampler CVNE, Viña Real Reserva 1985 Rioja Complex, satisfying. Beautifully balanced, fully mature wine – long and reverberant....
...When it reaches full production in two years’ time, some 17,000 RCZs should be coming off the line every year....
...£17.49 Novum Mt Difficulty, Roaring Meg Pinot Noir 2008 Central Otago 17 Drink 2009-10 Second label from this excellent NZ producer that invites you to gobble it up this minute. 14% £17.49 (or 2 for £13.99...
...Limoux fruit, I assume. 13.2% £7-8 Cambridge Wine Merchants, Field & Fawcett, Wadebridge Wines, Wimbledon Wine Cellar, Vine King Schloss Gobelsburg, Grüner Veltliner Lamm 2008 Kamptal 17.5 Drink 2009-15...
...from P-1. 17) Caja de Ahorros de La Rioja (Caja Rioja) BFSR downgraded to D+ (mapping to a BCA of Baa3) from C- (mapping to a BCA of Baa1), outlook changed to negative; Long-term debt and deposit rating...
...Rules Maiden Lane, London WC2 Asparagus and green pea soup (cold) £7.50 Morecambe Bay potted shrimp £11.95 Grilled liver & bacon with spring onion mash £19.95 Steak & kidney pie with runner beans £17.95...
...Labour; David Hare 7. One: Dominic West, who plays the detective Jimmy McNulty 8....
...Very fair price. 13 per cent £18.95 Lea & Sandeman Finca Allende, Blanco 2005 Rioja 70 per cent Viura, 30 per cent Malvasia. Scented and rather gorgeous. Very rich, yet not too sweet....
...Both Ms Fernández and Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez will be there....
...Allende 2004 Rioja Blanco £15.99 Harrogate Fine Wines, £16.25 Harvey Nichols13.7% Creamy with lemon acidity. Quite fat but well corseted....
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