The Friday 5 #142
Whisky and malbec bargains, this month's book giveaway and two hot new restaurant openings
From the promotions you see in the run-up to Father’s Day you’d think all dads were red wine and whisky drinkers.
Supermarkets are not stupid or at the very least look after their own commercial interests so I guess the majority of men of a certain age must be but it’s a sloppy stereotype similar to the one that all mums drink prosecco
But are no men over 50 white wine drinkers? Gin drinkers? Non-drinkers, even?
Anyway it is what it is and the net result is that if you’re a fan of whisky and malbec this weekend is a good opportunity to stock up
Particularly at Tesco which seems to be the only supermarket that has an across-the-board discount this weekend (for Clubcard holders only). Paid subscribers can find my most recent round-up of what they have to offer here. And a couple of cracking buys from Waitrose below.
In other news my giveaway this month is TikTok poster boy Thomas Straker’s Food You Want to Eat (Don’t judge! He’s an accomplished chef. You can get a flavour of his food from this chicken schnitzel recipe on my website.)
And there’s my lowdown on a couple of high profile London openings …
Oh and I was lucky enough to go to the Substack summer party this week where it was brilliant to meet so many writers I read and admire (and frustratingly spot others afterwards that I’d missed. Including Philippa Perry who I didn’t realise until recently had a Substack).
I love her book The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read too.
Anyway on to the wine and whisky bargains . . . . . .