Henry Jeffreys

A vine romance: now with added sparkle

Kentish wine

27 May 2017 9:00 am

As a wine bore, holidays abroad are a battle with the family to cram in as many vineyard visits as…

Anti-social media

22 April 2017 9:00 am

On Tuesday morning I was thinking to myself how oddly pleasant social media seemed. Then Theresa May dropped her election…

Good beer, cheap

Wetherspoons

25 February 2017 9:00 am

Of all the stories I’ve heard about the fallout from Brexit — families divided, work jeopardised, friendships ended — the…

Good beer, cheap

Wetherspoons

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Of all the stories I’ve heard about the fallout from Brexit — families divided, work jeopardised, friendships ended — the…

Notes on… Champagne

22 October 2016 9:00 am

The British are notoriously cheap when it comes to wine; the average bottle price is around £6. On one wine,…

Extra sparkle: the best stuff is saved for the Brits

Notes on… Champagne

20 October 2016 2:00 pm

The British are notoriously cheap when it comes to wine; the average bottle price is around £6. On one wine,…

Factory fresh

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

To alleviate the pain for my brother and me of being sent back to boarding school, my mother would make…

Downwardly mobile

9 July 2016 9:00 am

Last year, I found a pair of trainers in our communal recycling bin: Nike Air Max in black and grey…

The Tour de France

2 July 2016 9:00 am

On Saturday at Mont St Michel, the 103rd edition of the Tour de France begins, and the favourite to win…

Extraterrestrial invader: Lance Armstrong

The Tour de France

30 June 2016 1:00 pm

On Saturday at Mont St Michel, the 103rd edition of the Tour de France begins, and the favourite to win…

Is this LA?: Dilapidated deco in Downtown

Downtown Los Angeles

7 April 2016 1:00 pm

There’s a certain kind of Englishman who falls hard for Los Angeles. Men such as Graham Nash, who swapped the…

Oporto: a touch of North Africa and no hipsters

Oporto

6 August 2015 1:00 pm

‘When he’s away, the thing he misses about Porto is the tripe.’ I was talking to Eduarda Sandeman, wife of…

A serious business

Wine tasting

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

One of the great jokes of the wine trade is: ‘Have you ever confused Burgundy with Bordeaux?’ ‘Not since this…