Tuesday 17th August

Posted on August 20, 2010 by nealmartin

Busy day today. Into town again for lunch with Sam at London’s hottest new restaurany, 28-50 (www.2850.co.uk) near Temple with a quite innovative wine list. Lovely French comfort food. My cod with cous-cous and chorizo is cooked to perfection. The Puligny-Montrachet Village 1996 from Domaine Leflaive has more minerality that the earth’s crust. Then back [...]

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Monday 16th August

Posted on August 20, 2010 by nealmartin

Yet another hardcore day chained to the laptop with a leaning tower of several volumes of Feret’s “Bordeaux et Ses Vins” threatening to flatten me at any moment. I have decided that whoever drew the pictures of the chateaux had a very fertile imagination because many of them seem to bear no resemblance to the [...]

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Sunday 16th August

Posted on August 20, 2010 by nealmartin

Today, my responsibility is to take the family somewhere. Anywhere. After more frantic Googling, I chance upon Marwell Zoo just north of Southampton. It’s a pretty drive through the nothingness of West Sussex, listening to actress Kathy Burke in quite a riveting Desert Island Discs on Radio 4. We arrive at the zoo around midday [...]

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Saturday 15th August

Posted on August 18, 2010 by nealmartin

I am responsible for dinner tonight. Last minute panic surfing the web in the morning for a recipe that a) does not include a lot of ingredients b) involves minimal preparations c) looks good. I decided upon honey and saffron Morrocan chicken and whisk Lily and Daisy down to Waitrose. I long for the day [...]

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Friday 13th August

Posted on August 18, 2010 by nealmartin

I spend day waiting for something terrible to happen, so I just chain myself to the computer and continue writing. Tomoko entices me away with a promise of a trip to B&Q. I spend about 30 minutes searching for a particular hue of white and come to the conclusion that whoever christens the 300 shades of [...]

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Wednesday 11th August

Posted on August 15, 2010 by nealmartin

Today, a break from work although I do spend a couple of hours devouring my 11th edition of Edouard Feret’s “Bordeaux et Ses Vins” that arrived this morning. This 1949 edition is most illuminating and will come in handy for my Pomerol book, although Feret does seem to think that every Bordeaux chateau is the [...]

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Tuesday 10th August

Posted on August 15, 2010 by nealmartin

More concentrated writing at the computer. In the evening, I take a break to watch BBC1′s “The Deep”, which is so bad it’s good. The acting is pretty abysmal and most of them completely miscast, particular Mimi Driver. Still, nothing like a bit of deep sea hokum starring James Nesbitt to take a break from [...]

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Monday 9th August

Posted on August 15, 2010 by nealmartin

Writing all day like my life depends on it. The book is coming together slowly but surely and I find it cathartic to print off each chapter as I go along. I have to go to the doctors in the afternoon to have a couple of skin tags frozen off with liquid nitrogen. The GP introduces [...]

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Sunday 8th August

Posted on August 15, 2010 by nealmartin

Tomoko passed her driving test 10 months ago, but she needs more time behind the wheel. So I force her into the car for a drive down to Midhurst, about 40 minutes away. All the way down she complains about the curved nature of English country lanes and I suggest moving to America where they tend [...]

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Saturday 7th August

Posted on August 15, 2010 by nealmartin

Today, friends are coming to visit. Brinda has been helping me with my Pomerol book and I stayed at her house in Blanquefort during last primeur (when I beat her husband in a very competitive computer pop quiz game…I do not lose pop quizzes. Fact!) Fearing that he might demand a rematch, I have been [...]

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