d r i n k s t e r: BY JINGO DROPS OFF AFTER ALCHEMIC 14

“Sod the wine, I want to suck on the writing. This man White is an instinctive writer, bloody rare to find one who actually pulls it off, as in still gets a meaning across with concision. Sharp arbitrage of speed and risk, closest thing I can think of to Cicero’s ‘motus continuum animi.’

Probably takes a drink or two to connect like that: he literally paints his senses on the page.”

DBC Pierre (Vernon God Little, Ludmila’s Broken English, Lights Out In Wonderland ... Winner: Booker prize; Whitbread prize; Bollinger Wodehouse Everyman prize; James Joyce Award from the Literary & Historical Society of University College Dublin)

14 April 2014

BY JINGO DROPS OFF AFTER ALCHEMIC 14

Vintage is over at By Jingo, and the great man has finally crashed. Last night DRINKSTER was fortunate to taste a few barrels of John Gilbert's stylish new efforts with off-the wall varieties from arcane sources. Typical exchange: "How did you approach this wine, John?" "With disdain." Which means minimal normal human intrusion in the endogenous alchemy, we think. His Montepulciano is always a favourite at Casa Blanco. To taste and purchase the current wondrous range, and a get sneak look at the mysterious new Sangrillo, John and Annick are having another of their highly popupular shed tastings on the weekend of Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th May. Door opens at 11am at 8 Bradfield Lane, Wistow (off Wellington Road, south of Mount Barker township) ... photo Philip White