Re-opened wine bar will be Trippets the light fantastic

By Martin Dawes

ODDLY for a city the size of Sheffield, you can count the number of wine bars on the fingers of one hand.

Two of those fingers now belong to Jonnie Higginbottom.

In a tale of two Johnnies, so to speak, the larger-than-life convivial host of the West 10 wine bar in Ranmoor, has teamed up with his best mate John Mitchell, the award-winning off-licence boss, with an equally big personality.

They've quietly re-opened Trippets, in Trippet Lane, as what the new neon blue sign trumpets as a champagne and wine bar.

Richard Mills of the Walnut Club, Hathersage, is also opening a champagne bar on Ecclesall Road but they weren't trying to beat him to it. "This was planned back in March," says John...

SIMON PEAT

AS A MUSICIAN:

Having studied under Paul Dunmall and Jackie Mclean, Simon peat spent his formative playing years in Paris, playing with visiting American artists(Jonny Griffin,Charles Lloyd to name a few). For the past two years he has been based in the uk, where as well as fronting his own successful bands, he has also carved out a career as one of the most in demand session players on the scene , playing with some of the biggest names in pop, rock and jazz ( Amy Winehouse, Beverly Knight, Rod Stewart, Jamiroquai etc). His angular playing style and frenetic

passages of improvisation are reminiscient of his mentor Jackie Mclean's. Recent tours of Europe and the US recieved rave reviews.

"One of the most exciting live acts to emerge in recent years!" Jazzman.