The Friday 5 #102

Last minute inspo for Father's Day, my dream house (and garden) and a restaurant you must go to if you're into oysters

So my plan this week was to do another postcard from Italy, eulogising, I imagined, about the fantastic food and wine I was having in the Veneto but while the wine was fine, the food was - with a couple of exceptions - nothing to write home about. Extraordinary for Italy.

So it’s a conventional Friday 5 with a few last minute wine - and whisky - bargains for Father’s Day, a great new - or new to me - fish restaurant I’ve discovered in London and a stunning house and garden in Sussex which I’d been meaning to go to for years.

Oh and a reminder that to celebrate English Wine Week we’re talking about English wine at this month’s ‘bring a bottle’ tasting which will take place at 6.30pm BST on Monday evening (17th). Hopefully one of my English winemaker friends will be on hand to answer your questions.

You need to be a paid subscriber to take part but it’s only £5 to sign up which isn’t bad for a wine tasting - and a whole load of wine recommendations - is it?

Anyway back to Italy and a couple of the things I WAS impressed by …