The Dipping Lugger is the brainchild of Robert Hicks and Helen Chalmers, creating something very unique in Ullapool that as Michelin would say is ‘exceptional cuisine that is worth a…
According to the Scotch Whisky Association, there are currently 22 million casks maturing in Scotland. That’s enough for at least four casks for every resident, which should be enough to…
There are few occasions in my life when I’ve felt like a Bishop. Excluding perhaps the university party where I dressed as Gandalf (well, the robes are similar) and any…
Blended whisky gets a bad rap. Among a certain category of whisky drinkers – usually, it must be said, those with a dangerously limited knowledge of the category – there’s…
Terroir – A word in the wine world where you have to judge your audience before you start discussing terroir. Pick the wrong time or place and you could end…
It is, perhaps, a little trite to suggest that the denizens of London have had their struggles with opiates in the past. From Phileas Fogg missing a steamer due to…
Given that so much of what we think we know about modern cocktail culture stems from the work of Ian Fleming, it seems strange that there’s no bar in his…
You, cosmopolitan reader of Luxuriate, are bound to be have noticed that we do love an up-market Indian restaurant! Kanishka in the heart of Mayfair is Atul Kochhar’s latest restaurant…
Some food and wine pairings are so iconic that even the most ardent oenophobe could reach for them if pushed: bold red wines with steak, dry white wines with fish,…
Any week in which you find yourself eating lobster three times is a hard week, and I had certainly put in the hours of research in the northeast of Scotland…
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