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...luxe, www.lebouchon.co.uk/breton/index.php, is already renowned for its impressive Gallic cheese trolley featuring more than 40 varieties, from Le Testard from the Hautes-Alpes to the Corsican Fleur de Maquis. Now frommelier Jean Claude Ali Cherif has started offering a series of regional-cheese master classes, coupled with unusual wine pairings, on the last Tuesday of each month. Ali Cherif's knowledge, built up over 20 years, is formidable and his repartee amusing, inspiring and impressively practical, with advice on how to look after cheeses and when to enjoy them at their seasonal best. Cheese and wine menus from each...
...Cheese and Wine Room: At this vaulted sandstone cellar within Sydney's heritage GPO building, www.gposydney.com, diners are encouraged to create their own cheese board from fromager Sonia Cousins' extensive menu, which changes seasonally and is divided into fresh, white-mold, washed-rind, semi-hard, hard and blue cheeses from Australia and Europe. Accompaniments include truffled honey, muscatel raisins and novelties like hibiscus chutney. There's an excellent choice of paired cheese-and-wine menus with tasting notes - even a single-malt-whiskey-and-cheese menu - as well as monthly master classes...
...Some of the world's best varieties are flaunted, including Colston Bassett Stilton, Brie Royale with black truffle, and piquant Pecorino di Fossa from Italy. Guests are encouraged to taste before making their selection, which is served with a stylish range of condiments including celery jelly. A cheese-and-wine butler advises on pairings and there's a dedicated cheese table for guests to sit at and convivially share their newfound cheese knowledge...
...that doesn't stop it from luring plenty of custom with its walk-in cheese facility stocked with 40 artisanal varieties. The cheeses can be served at the Cheese Room's parent operation, the Press Room restaurant next door, or in situ - choose from casual deli tables, or a wine cellar that functions as a private dining room...
...caffeinated culture, so will the masses want to move in the other direction and drink Drank to come down? We know beer and wine will relax us, but how exactly are these weird chemicals in a purple can altering our body chemistry? On the flip side, the Drank concept taps into the dominant trend in the beverage industry. Cola sales have sunk as people move to functional drinks that promise to hydrate you, focus you, give you a boost and perhaps calm you down. "Consumers want the added benefit," says Tom Pirko, president of Bevmark LLC, a consulting firm...