By Julia Bailey
Sheer cliff faces, cypress trees peppering the landscape and crystal clear azure waters. There are a lot of great things about Greece, and the wine is definitely ready to stand up and be counted as well. As a self-confessed wine geek, I love to go around and try weird and wonderful wines, and I had …
by Gareth Groves
I am a sucker for food traditions and am always rather sad that in the UK, Easter has become a celebration of mainstream chocolate bars in ovoid form. Roast lamb is often touted as traditional but it hardly catches the imagination like a Christmas goose, and when was the last time you made a Simnel cake?
All of which makes me love Easter …
The star red for me was the 2009 Red on Black from Mitravelas Estate in Nemea. Made from the Agiorgitiko grape, it has crunchy cherry and bramble fruit, a touch of kalamata olive, firm tannins and more than enough acidity to cut through the olive oil in the food. Tim had paired it with a 2009 cru Beaujolais. It was a fascinating comparison – the Gamay seemed lighter and more playful than the Agiorgitiko which …
Greece’s finest white grape comes into its own on the Aegean island of Santorini where the vines cling for dear life to the steep volcanic slopes. Anyone looking for an interesting alternative to Chardonnay, try your luck here – it’s similar in style to some white Burgundy, rich fruit with a taut mineral structure, yet with a nose of white flowers, honey and candied citrus – totally delicious.
By Elloinos http://www.elloinos.com
One evening a short while ago I was overcome by a sudden urge for really dark chocolate. Personally I only enjoy chocolate with a minimum Cocoa content of 70%. For me the higher the better. I also prefer to eat dark chocolate cold and store it in the fridge.
Luckily I remembered that a few days back, my mother-in-law had given me some almonds …
