Hands up if you thought Pecorino was only the name of a cheese? (*puts hand up*) I only very recently discovered I was wrong. Until that moment, the name Pecorino was firmly established in my mind as the unfortunate cause of the unpleasant aroma of mature cheese that wafted around the otherwise stunningly beautiful town of [...]
Archive: August 2011
It seems I have underestimated chocolate. I learned a lesson about wine from a ‘chocolatier’ (if I may call Paul A Young that, it seems a rather limiting term for a chef, innovator, entrepreneur, spokesman and generally-actually-quite-a-nice-guy). What I did not underestimate was the ability of Mecca Ibrahim (now aka @gbchefs) to organise a brilliant [...]
… except of course, we can’t call it that. That’s too boring for Pinot Noir since the main promoters of this are in Australia, New Zealand and the US West Coast … so it is a #PinotSmackdown instead. I can’t say that I have ever knowingly participated in a “smack down” before, and I think [...]
I spent a very enjoyable hour yesterday in the company of Daniel (aka @winerackd) at his wine shop with a difference. He doesn’t sell the wine, but instead is the place to turn to if you want to make sure you enjoy the wines you have bought elsewhere. Around Wine is a great place [...]
… we agreed we were not made for each other. Maybe out was our age difference, maybe it was … that it tasted flat, of bruised rather than fresh apples, and just didn't appeal. Not for me, sorry my dear … you know it can only be wine for me
