Master of Wine & Chef de Cuisine
Master of Wine & Chef de Cuisine
When a parcel of 20 top wines from the late Eighties and early Nineties comes your way, you don’t say no. But a pleasure shared is an even greater pleasure, as they say, so we tasted this collection of Bordeaux crus (including Lafite and Haut-Brion) plus a couple of „pirates“ (Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon, Poggio Antico …
If you want to be the best, you have to put yourself to the test against the rest. And this is exactly what Cantina Kurtatsch did. Unusually for South Tirol, they produce a Merlot-dominated Bordeaux blend, Tres, (yup, as the name suggests, there are two other Bordeaux varieties alongside the Merlot) and this was the …
There’s chicken and there’s Burnt the Chef’s chicken. Take some drumsticks and marinade in bbq sauce with a spoonful of soy sauce and grated lemon zest for around 6 hours. Then comes the layering bit. On a foil-lined baking sheet (makes washing up easier), slice peeled potatioes, red peppers, red onions and lots of garlic. …
Obwohl Champagner oft als der Star unter den Schaumweinen gilt, gibt es viele andere Beispiele, die ebenso erkundenswert sind. Die Welt der Schaumweine ist reich und vielfältig und bietet eine breite Palette von Stilen und Geschmacksrichtungen. In dieser Masterclass mit Verkostung teilt Master of Wine Alison Flemming ihr Fachwissen über verschiedene Schaumwein-Stile, Produktionsmethoden und Qualitäten …
Never stop learning. Especially when you have the Master of Riesling, Olivier Zind-Humbrecht MW, taking you through an extraordinary tasting of Rieslings from 14 top growers in Alsace, with each grower showing off two of his or her Grand Cru Rieslings from different vintages. Learnings came fast and furious. Here are a few: 1) forget …
How much is the taste of wine influenced by man rather than terroir? Well, that depends…. Some would argue that sparkling wine’s style, for example, is created by man as the winemaker decides which wines and which quantities are included in the assemblage or blend. And yet all those complex elements and interactions of terroir …
The MW „origin“ system means you get „allocated“ the country you live in. So here is Anne Krebiehl MW – German born but living in the UK so considered to be „Origin UK“ – and me, considered to be „Origin Germany“, UK born but living in Germany. And here we both are in Alsace, which …
Asparagus, whether white or green, is one of those eagerly-awaited harbingers of spring, with the season continuing until late June. One does wonder what all the fuss is about as 93% of its composition is water – and that is even more than with wine where the water content is around 85%. No matter, there …
So when is a white wine golden yellow in colour? Three possible reasons: Oh, and a fourth reason – the wine could be oxidised, dead, no longer drinkable. I had feared the latter, but in fact with this Inama Soave Classico Vigneto du Lot, it was a bit of a combination of 1) and 3). …
