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Neil Sowerby

Neil Sowerby

The outstanding northern food and drink journalist of his generation

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171203 Energy Mendocino

10 luminous spots on a North California Road Trip

On his San Francisco to Seattle road trip Neil Sowerby couldn't resist Sonoma wine country...

171101 Golden Gate

Fascinating Fisherman’s Wharf – beyond the tourist traps

With its nautical playfulness, garden, games and firepits boutique hotel The Zephyr was a laidback...

170823 View Modica

Choc and Baroque treats in spectacular Modica

Modica is the source of some of the world’s finest chocolate, but it also felt...

170824 Hills Telluride

Ghost towns and gamblers haunt the High Rockies

Tomboy is aptly set in The Savage Basin. Today it is a ‘Ghost Town’, one...

170821 Cefalu

Sweet Northern Sicily – where the mountains sweep to the sea

Our holiday base was inland, under 10 miles from Cefalù – the Villa Charme, part...

170822 Parade

Time to party in Wittenberg, Martin Luther’s home town

Talk about landing lucky. Wittenberg would be a fascinating place to visit at any time...

170826 Union Station

Snapshots of Denver, US capital of craft beer and legal highs

Denver, US capital of craft brewing, home to more than 100 breweries, with a rumoured...

170820 Patscherkofel Mountain Trail

Mountain air and melodies in the Austrian Tyrol

ANY city that builds a ski-jump overlooking a graveyard must have a sense of humour...

Berlin 170719 Brandenberg Gate

Relishing a fresh taste of mighty Berlin

It’s a city utterly changed, obviously for the better, the axis for citizen and tourist...

170717 Hipping

New look Hipping Hall well worth the trip

It may be seven years since the first series of The Trip on BBC but...

170716 170716 Ropeway By Dominik Butzmann

Getting high on Berlin’s glorious garden extravaganza

IGA – it stands for International Garten Ausstellung – is held every decade, each time...

170725 Forest Side Review Garden In Its Setting

Restaurant Review - The Forest Side, Grasmere

Neil Sowerby on a glamorous (at times twee) country haven playing the Michelin star game...