By Luigi Buonanno, Wine Buyer and Group Sommelier at Etrusca restaurants
It is a common thought that fine wine is red. This is due to the fact that the most complex and long–lived wines are red, but a lot of people do not drink red wine, preferring the freshness and drinkability of white wine instead.
The understanding becomes more intricate when the testing ground is …
Everyone loves rosé especially when it is sunny. And there are so many styles around, from syrupy Californian numbers that taste like the boiled sweets to the wonderfully alliterative posh, pale Provencal numbers. You can go cheap (and quite possibly nasty) or you can splash the cash on a £70 bottle. Can you really spend £70 on rosé? Amazingly, yes, you can…
By Patrick Carpenter, http://patrickcarpenter.blogspot.com/
Before refrigeration was invented fish would go off really quickly. Those lucky enough to live on the coast could eat that day’s catch. Those inland had to eat meat and two veg. And then one day salt (conveniently from the sea) was found to preserve fish. Not only that, it preserved fish and allowed it to develop its flavour. Salt cod (morue in French) …
By Juel Mahoney, http://www.winewomansong.co.uk/
Before I tell you about Bibendum’s Rosé tasting last night, I have to admit: Rosé has a special place in my life. I won my first serious job after university by writing a sales letter on Rosé. Nobody wanted to touch it. The manager flicked it at me across his very large desk with a hopeless smirk, “see what you can do …
By Willie Lebus
First stop sparklers
An expectant crowd gathered on Monday evening to taste a vast array of roses and gobble up some tasty teasers from the menu of 101 Pimlico Road. The reason behind the gathering was to show the assembled mob that Rose has grown immeasurably during the last ten years. There are now loads of styles and flavours to …
Much excitement in my pocket today, where my new iphone proudly sits. Far from being just a tool for chats and tunes, this is the camera I was waiting for! I can sip a little Lanson Rose, take a picture and then email it to myself all in one swift movement. The it’s up on the blog a mere instant later! YES! LOVE IT!
Anyway, an impromptu Lanson tasting …
