As we write this, the rain is sluicing down on the Hot Dinners roof, but we're an optimistic bunch and apparently summer is on its way back this weekend. So what better reason do you need than the merest hint of blue skies to head over to Jermyn Street to try out what we hear is a restaurant with Britain's - nay Europe's largest list of rosé wines?
According to Decanter magazine, Franco's on Jermyn Street has no fewer than 52 rosés on its wine list - sourced from 12 different countries. Andrea Asciamprener, Franco's wine consultant, tells the magazine he's "spoken to many winemakers, and Googled like crazy, and haven't found any that are bigger."
For those of you who can't place it, Franco's has been around since 1946. During the 90s it had begun to look seriously past its sell-by-date. But a sale to Hambro - also owners of fellow Jermyn Street restaurant Wiltons, gave the old place a new lease of life, not least when its relaunch chef was Francesco Mazzei - now at L'Anima.
