Cognoscenti products online
Cognoscenti
has launch the first of its product ranges, RUBIWARREN, a collection of precious jewellery featuring gemstones and crystals
set in a range of elegant and timeless designs in gold and silver.
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Bottle Shock
Paramount Films A heart-warming and belly-fire-stoking
film, for lovers of wine, viticulture mesmerising landscapes and passionate artistry in general. Starring the wonderfully
dry and humorously caustic Alan Rickman as the quintessentially English wine-snob, the film tells the tale of how California’s
Napa valley got itself firmly onto the international wine map. More
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What a fine mess
I love summer,
it smells good, feels good and damn, it looks good. My only frustration on sunny days in the capital is the choice of decent
outside drinking spots. I mean really decent ones, where you don’t have to wear a dust mask or shout over the roar of
the traffic and with a great wine list and menu on offer day and evening.
One such haven is Manicomio (roughly translated, Italian for ‘nuthouse’ – perhaps
that’s my attraction) on Duke of York Square, which I love for its fantastic food, wines, situation and friendly and
welcoming staff. However, with the alternatives
on offer so limiting I find myself on its terrace at an almost embarrassing frequency. So, I was almost relieved to notice
that right next door those artful chaps at the Saatchi Gallery have now opened its own café, bar, restaurant Gallery
MESS… and what a fine mess it is. The design uses the grand architectural features of the building to great effect,
keeping decorative treatments to a minimum so that the brickwork and high arched ceilings dominate beautifully. The rest is
simple and pretty minimal, punctuated with a selection of paintings and sculptures from its collection of course, and a nod
to the art and design world here and there, such as in the Pantone sale and pepper grinders on the terrace tables. The menu
is simple and offers freshly prepared breakfast and brunch, lunch and dinner. There’s also the now almost de rigueur
afternoon tea, cake-stands and all. The house champagne is Mercier, a very decent glass of fizz at a not so ridiculous price
of £8.50 a glass. So, bring on some more of that lovely sunshine.Gallery Mess, Duke of York Square, Kings Road, Chelsea; www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/gallerymess
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