Quite a Stir - talk show

06/06/2026

Currently on stage is Sian Marie , next up Tom Price Stephens .Tickets still available at the gate

06/06/2026

06/06/2026

Who's coming to Live on the Wye to support Four Act Riot tonight.

06/06/2026

Carmenère isn't inherently bad, but it can be highly polarising. Historically, the grape acquired a mixed reputation due to its challenging growing habits. Today, when properly cultivated, it produces exceptional, velvety red wines, but it can occasionally taste harsh or overwhelmingly green if mishandled by the winemaker.

Carmenere is one of the older European grape varietals used to produce Bordeaux wine. It is thought the ancient Romans were fond of the variety and that

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

Love this track, great summer tune, Insecure by Four Act Riot.

05/06/2026

New blog from Bohémien bites, described so well, I could almost taste it. I have a love for Italian sand, but Pembs n Jerseys are up there too.

Pembrokeshire Earlies

For me, there are few ingredients that capture the start of summer quite like new potatoes.

Especially Pembrokeshire Earlies.

The flavour is difficult to describe if you’ve never had them at their best. They’re sweeter, more delicate and somehow more complete than potatoes harvested later in the year. For all the talk about jersey royals, and the praise is justified, these are, at least for me, a tastier potato.

The skins are thin enough that they barely need peeling. Often, they don’t need peeling at all. Most importantly, they don’t need much interference.

At our dinner at Snails Deli on June 20th, we’re serving them confit with caviar and a fines herbes beurre blanc.

On paper, it sounds indulgent but In reality, it’s a very simple dish. I love the juxtaposition of potatoes & caviar, food that’s traditionally perceived as high end used essentially as a seasoning for what’s always been a peasant ingredient.

The potatoes are the centrepiece. The beurre blanc provides richness, the herbs bring freshness and the caviar contributes salinity, but everything exists to support the flavour of the potatoes.

The best seasonal ingredients often have that effect. The more special they become, the less you feel the need to do to them.

June is where summer starts to make itself known. Not in an obvious way. There’s no single ingredient that suddenly appears and changes everything overnight. It’s more gradual than that. By June, the market starts to feel different. The first broad beans arrive. Strawberries become sweeter. Toma...