Tasty wines at AREIA: 'Trust is important to us, as is quality'"A wine connoisseur, me? Well, mostly an enthusiast," says Cor Roeleveld decidedly. It all started with the Barón de Ley from Spain. He has the bottle of Rioja wine brought to him by a colleague behind the imposing bar in AREIA. "Before I started years ago with the first location... Read more |
The Golden Ton: 'It's okay to talk about wine casually'As soon as we take a step on the floor of Portuguese mosaic tiles at number 81 Denneweg, we are whisked back to 1870, the year when, in this little building (70 square metres), the ceiling was decorated with ornaments of grape bunches and the walls were permanently hidden from view... Read more |
Brute Beans: the secret of really good coffeeAfter water and tea, coffee is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. But coffee is like wine; there is infinite quality in terms of coffee beans, in terms of how they are roasted, ground and blended. Coffee enthusiast Jop Bröcker (42) only roasts Brute Beans in his roastery; they do not provide... Read more |
The unprecedented transformation of Kasteel de WittenburgIt is exemplary of the transformation the castle and surrounding estate have undergone under Meppel's reign, which now spans 12 and a half years. "When I applied, the Wittenburg was tattered and corny. With holes in the carpet and the natural stone floor," he recalls Read more |
Marius is now a café in addition to wine shopA luxury problem forced Marius van der Vliet to rethink the concept of his wine shop at 91-93 Piet Heinstraat. "After our warehouse moved to the Binckhorst, with 220 square metres we actually had far too much retail space," explains the... Read more |