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Sheridan Coopers welcome Garech Byrne from one of their favourite wine importers to take you through a variety of exciting and mouth-wateringly good wines.
Please book early - the tasting will be in their lovely new store in Brighton's Lanes, so tickets are limited!
Friday 26th March 19:30
Instore
Tickets - £7.00
Sheridan Coopers Wine Cellar
21 Prince Albert Street
Brighton
BN1 1HF
01273 730 445
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| 15-03-2010 |
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New deliveries are now coming in every day at Gloucester Road's In My Room where the owner selects and combines midcentury modern design classics with industrial and contemporary furniture.
They stock original vintage furniture by a wide range of designers, including Eames, Merrow Associates, Ercol, Saarinen and Panton, together with cool mid-century Scandinavian design.
They also house an intriguing selection of vintage space age technology, retro toys and original film posters.
In My Room
35 Gloucester Road
North Laine
Brighton
BN1 4AQ
01273 675506
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| 14-03-2010 |
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The Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival team have organised a brand new spring series if food & drink events.The Festival is a not-for- profit organisation, co-ordinated by local volunteers for both locals and visitors to the city to enjoy.
The Spring Festival runs from 11 to 21 March 2010.
The first event is a three-day CAMRA Sussex Beer Festival at Hove Town Hall, offering a taste of over 220 local and national award-winning beers and ciders.
Then there's Brighton's own version of Come Dine With Mecalled Open House Dining. Home chefs in Brighton & Hove can sign up and throw open their houses to foodies.
Hosts can register online at Pretty Clever Events Pretty Clever Events and can advertise their menus and dinner dates online, and diners can buy a ticket and choose which menu they would like to eat for just £10.
New events to the city include The Whisky Festival, to be held at the Hilton Brighton Metropole on Saturday 20 March and the Brighton Chocolate Festival, along New Road on 20 and 21 March.
The festival is also working with local farmers and producers to hold a Big Sussex Market, selling the best from the spring harvest on the weekend of 13 and 14 March and will be supporting the monthly Churchill Square market.
A programme of other events is still being put together, but it already includes a Terre a Tandoori Night at Terre a Terre in East Street on 15 March.
For more details and updates see: Brighton Food Festival Spring Harvest
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| 14-03-2010 |
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This lovely restaurant is the highest scoring Brighton restaurant in the Good Food Guide for 2010.
On Wednesday 17 March 2010 they are hosting a unique event: a Burgundy Wine Dinner.
This evening follows the sell - out success of their Chilean Casa Lapostolle wine evening last year.
Drakes' Head Chef Andy Mackenzie has again teamed up with Nick Hillman of Wineservice UK to create an evening of gourmet food and perfect wines to match.
£60 per person, Pre-booking essential.
from 7pm - 10.30pm approx
To book call 01273 696 934
Drakes of Brighton
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| 13-02-2010 |
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© Watergardener Magazine
National Nest Box Week starts today so it's an ideal time to think about ways to safeguard the variety of plants and animals in our green spaces.
Unlike the one above, nest boxes don't have to be cute! They just need to be warm, dry and the right size.
You can find out more - including how to make one - on the British Trust for Ornithology website.
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| 12-02-2010 |
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If you are eating out this weekend, most of Brighton & Hove's independent restaurants have special menu offers for Valentines.
You can find them them on Unique to Brighton here and on Brighton Visitor here.
All of Brighton & Hove's independent flower shop windows are full of lovely hearts and flowers. Here are some gorgeous ones brightening up Preston Drove at:
Ginger Lily
93 Preston Drove
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 6LD
01273 504904
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| 11-02-2010 |
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Tantalus, in Bond Street Brighton, has just taken delivery of the first part of their range of exquisite fragrances by Jo Wood Organics.
 Amka  Usiku
© Jo Wood Organics
Tantalus is the sole stockist in Brighton of this range, which also includes Jo Wood's Langa and Tula.
All are certified organic fragrances, free from synthetic and chemical ingredients.
Tantalus
28 Bond Street
BN1 1RD
01273 738 828
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