Opening a new wine bar in London is not easy. Between the established greats like Gordon’s and rival new ventures, competition is an unrelenting reality in a bustling city of social drinkers. So when I joined Joss, London Lamppost’s founder, at a small wine tasting at the Shepherd Market Wine House, I was keen to…
Author: Marshall Allender
Marshall Allender is an American expat in London. Originally educated in political science, he works in the wool industry and enjoys writing about wine, fine dining, and his travels around the world.
EA has Failed Star Wars
After 6 years of dismal performance, it is time that Disney revoke EA’s license to the Star Wars franchise. A few days ago, as I was browsing the morning news on my way to work, I encountered an article from Kotaku, a gaming and technology news platform. To my dismay, but not surprise, it read…
Buying Wine for Christmas
So, at last, the “holiday season” is upon us. Every year after the 1st of January the western consciousness begins its inexorable march towards the next Christmas period. One waits with bated breath and slowly building excitement as one holiday passes the other and indulgence and consumption come back into fashion. With the Christmas holidays…
London's Best Wine Bars
Depending on one’s definition, there are anywhere between 3500 to 4000 pubs and bars within the Greater London area. Over the last few years most of discussion has been focused on how many have shut or been bought out in the last decade and what a great tragedy it is that London’s pub-scene is disappearing.…
The American Bar at The Stafford
Ask a Londoner where the American Bar is, and depending on where you are, you will probably get a multitude of answers. Invariable though, they will almost always say “at The Savoy, on The Strand”. If you’re at all considering seeing this so called “Best Bar in the World”, go once for posterity, and never…
Star Wars Battlefront II Review (Single Player)
Note: Spoilers for the Single-Player Campaign Battlefront II was meant to have a big impact, and it was meant to fix a lot of the issues that marred Battlefront when It came out back in 2015. Unlike the original Battlefront II which was released all the way back in 2005 under the now defunct LucasArts,…