Master of Wine & Chef de Cuisine
Master of Wine & Chef de Cuisine
What an honour to have John Malkovich, the renowned and sometimes controversial American actor and film producers, be our guest in one of the IMW 10th Symposium discussion sessions, hosted by MCs Susie and Peter Barrie, a married MW couple. Here he is with the „internal team“ of MWs who executed the symposium. John talked …
No, this is not about us, but about an extraordinary tasting on the final day of the IMW Symposium in Wiesbaden. Eight decades of wine history were discussed and tasted: over 70 year old Tawny Port from Taylor’s (especially bottled for the symposium); 1955 Gonzalez Byass Oloroso Sherry (also the year of the inauguration of …
One of the goals of the Institute of Masters of Wine is to educate and disseminate knowledge about the wine world at the highest level. Every four years the Institute holds a four day symposium, inviting speakers who are at the peak of their tree to discuss the latest research, trends and events in wine, …
If there was a Guide Michelin for patissiers, Daniel Rebert, patissier and chocolatier with his eponymous shop in Wissembourg in Alsace, would be top of the tree. Fortunately he is generous with his skills and came to Heidelberg to teach master patissier students how to make the best out of chocolate and co. Pictured here …
A combination of skills, united minds and busy hands. That is our teamwork.
Masterclass mit Alison Flemming, Master of Wine Knapp 600 verschiedene Rebsorten sind in Italien offiziell registriert – berücksichtigt man die zahlreichen Synonyme, sind es in Wirklichkeit wohl noch viel mehr. Die Welt der italienischen Weine scheint nicht zuletzt deshalb unendlich komplex und viele Endverbraucher begnügen sich mit dem absoluten Minimun, den drei bekannten “Ps”: Prosecco, …
All good things (including our culinary wine evenings) need a team. This was the first course. Hokkaido pumpkin sliced and roasted in the oven. Multi-coloured cherry tomatores, which can be roasted in the oven at the same time. Then a rich pumpkin purée with cardamom, dried tomatoes, chopped parsley, ground coriander and pul biber (a …
What could be better than a dozen wines to start the week.
At Hamburg Zanzibar. Turmeric is not something you usually associate with gin (more with curries), but then you wouldn’t expect a two-person strong start-up (a biologist and a yoga teacher) to win three top gongs in the World Gin Awards either. Hauke (German precision) and Yuka (Japanese creativity) started to make gin using some turmeric …
Ok, the last time we saw them, our friends were not eating meat. So we cooked accordingly. Pity, apparently now they are eating meat and could probably have murdered a steak….. Anyhow, we had: marinated kohlrabi (in lemon oil, olive oil and argan oil), lentil vinaigrette with fig mustard plus some roasted cashews; main course …