to
hand. It covered a whole table.
What David Blunkett did enjoy, along with myself, was three of Sheffield's
great wine connoisseurs vying with each other to show off some of
the wines that they love.
The venue was West 10, Ranmoor domain of Jonnie Higginbottom, and Jonty
Cork, West 10's chef, showed why Jonnie has genuine aspirations
to have one of Sheffield's serious restaurants.
At the table, bending the avuncular ear of Mr Blunkett, were John Mitchell,
wine merchant and wholesaler to many a Sheffield restaurant, and
Gian Bohan, co-owner of Nonna's and Sheffield's leading authority
on Italian wine. And, of course, the irrepressible Mr Higginbottom......