The Terroirs

A new favourite place for me. Terroirs on William IV Street, a place I walk pass every day seeing it from the beginning of it being fitted, opened and filled with diners and it is only over a year later that I finally go inside. Why, because I never had the excuse to really. After all the rave reviews and some a bit more mediocre, I’m not one to rush some where, preferring to eye it up for a bit. If a place is good and stays good it’ll be around for a while. So by chance I suggest it to a friend for a post show drink. First visit only a drink a very crisp Prossecco, I really enjoyed it. Yes the company is important and so is the atmosphere you are in. The staff were friendly and helpful and the place although very busy had a comfy cosiness to it. Looking at the menu (a favourite passtime of mine) I really wanted to come back for more.

Prosecco di Conegliano, Casa Coste Piane, Veneto at Terroirs

One week later and I’m back again. Just for a drink again as I was meeting up with some girlfriends for our annual dinner at New Mayflower on Shaftesbury Avenue. This time I did have a taster of the food, going for the Tapenade with Crostini. Oh yes it was good, great Tapenade nothing too finely chopped so that you could see all the individual little bits of ingredients. The Crostini had the perfect crisp crunch to it, not soggy at all and not hard that you break you teeth trying to bite into it. I went firstly for the Boisson Rogue, a sparkling red. A lot sweeter in comparison to the Prosecco I had the week before, it was very nice and suited the mood that I was in. The Trebbiano secco on the other hand was totally weird. I haven’t mentioned yet that Terroirs specializes in Natural Wines and their suppliers are small artisan growers who work sustainably, organically or biodynamically in the vineyard and with minimal interventions in the winery. The Trebbiano secco had a cloudy sediment appearance, even more cloudy than cloudy apple juice. It tasted very rich, but sour and only had the slightest of fizz. Not sure if it was supposed to taste this way I asked the barman who confirmed to me that this was the taste. One of my friends really did not enjoy it. I didn’t dislike it, the taste intrigued me but I definitely did not love it and next time I go back (which is tomorrow) will not be ordering it.

Boisson Rouge Pet Nat, Domaine de Montrieux, Loire at Terroirs