Hints and tips:
...Phillips will auction three works by Milton Avery owned by the family of the late actor Peter O’Toole....
...Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired David Avery-Gee as an M&A partner in the London office. Avery-Gee joins from rival firm Linklaters....
...She dashed with forceful grace through Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Haydn, then neatly defined, also clarified, the moody rumbles and grumbles of Harvey’s Tranquil Abiding (1998)....
...But Avery Fisher Hall, capacity 2,738, is simply too big for sonic intimacy, and the acoustical mush is pernicious. One could appreciate Masaaki Suzuki’s dedication to his cause....
...About £17.50 per 50cl, Lea & Sandeman, Berry Bros, Harvey Nichols …………………………………………………………….....
...£16.25 Harvey Nichols, £15.49 Wine Library Mullineux, White 2008 Swartland 17 Drink 2009-12 Extremely tangy but deep and satisfying and wild. Very special wine....
...Harvey’s and Avery’s maintained the wine connection; the influential George Perry-Smith once cooked there professionally, as did a young, highly talented and flamboyant Keith Floyd....
...Dom de la Charbonnière 2001 CdP Harvey Nichols £22 Pure hedonism – but beware its 15.5 per cent alcohol....
...details of more stockists, in the UK and internationally, see www.winesearcher.com ■ Abbey Wines, tel: +44 (0)1896-823224; www.abbeywines.co.uk ■ Adnams, tel: +44 (0)1502-727200; www.adnams.co.uk ■ Averys...
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