As Frankie once said, I did it myyyyyyy waaaayyyyyy, but he made the mistake of singing the song in English, at least according to the owners of this Italian resto in Leeds.
It must be hard to compete against Bibi’s but Mio Modo does so with panache, at least as far as food is concerned. The wine list, however, is a different matter.
If you were thinking of inviting me to a party in the near future, you might want to think again.
I’ve been experimenting with Virgin Wines and, having built up a bit of a credit in my Virgin Wine Bank, I thought it would be fun to try and spend some of my ill-gotten gains on the auction part of the site. In concept, it’s brilliant, but as with all auctions, caveat emptor applies, in other words, make sure you know what you are buying…..
In a head-rush, I read about the Marqués de Valencia Gran Reserva 2001 and thought it looked a nice Rioja. Voted wine of the year 2007 by Virgin members, the retail price was advised as £95.88 per case. For a Gran Reserva this seemed cheap so I quickly placed a bid of about £65 and an hour later had won the case for less than £50. That’s cheap for any wine. When it arrived I understood why.
On opening it smelt a bit odd. Where is the familiar vanilla/oak? Why does it taste of petrol?
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