I tasted a number of Rosé wines over the summer but did not expect to see any of them at the Sud de France tasting. Actually I was stopped (admonished) by the lady representing Kermit Lynch at the event when I called this Domaine de Fontsainte Corbieres (2007) a Rosé. No she said, it is a 'Gris de Gris'. Nothing to do with the Gris-gris, talismans found in voodoo and New Orleans happenings as Pourquoi...

The grim headline 'Three million jobless' by 2010 (BBC, November 17) illustrated by a Credit Crunch Lunch 3.98 (British Pounds that is) picture shot got me on the hunt for more on the topic. As far back as April 2008, Restaurants gain appetite for credit crunch lunch (This is London, Evening Standard, UK) was sharing 'best buys' from Good Food Guide London in the "lunchtime table d'hôte at some of the city's top dining rooms...