Unusual Wall Lights

Track of the day This Can't Be Love - Gerry Mulligan & Stan Getz.

Here's a stunningly poetic piece from a 'where to eat out' column that I read last night.

"The owner, took the former boozer, the Wheatland Fox - a beautiful, timber-framed 17th century coaching inn, and transformed it sympathetically into something rather more modern without losing the qualities of the old.

It is still quite quaint inside, but a combination of strong primary colours, a wooden floor, interesting artefacts, unusual wall lights like upside down wire baskets and a warren of rooms, delivers a pleasing atmosphere.

We had arrived late, and decided to go straight to the table, selecting a Chilean Sauvignon from their short but reasonably priced and well-chosen wine list to quench our thirst.

Give the cheerful and helpful barman his due, he immediately came back and recommended that we went for something else, as the only two chilled bottles of the La Joya had just been served.

How much better to let us know, rather than either to leave us waiting, or alternatively present us with a lukewarm bottle in an ice bucket. Instead he suggested an interesting and different wine that normally I would never have considered: a greeny, gooseberry style, grassy, crisp Pinot Bianco-Sauvignon delle Venezie, Luna di Luna, Cai Montini from Italy."

I just love these gourmet pieces. Anyone for a "greeny, gooseberry style, grassy, crisp Pinot Bianco-Sauvignon delle Venezie"?