By Aimee Hartley
On a sunny Monday, 40 chefs came together to enjoy a sumptuous feast cooked up by acclaimed chef Tom Kerridge. As part of the Chef Eats Out initiative by The Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine, it brings together budding new chefs to …
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Apr
25
Bordeaux 2011: why it is an excellent vintage for Sauternes
by Juel Mahoney
“The 2011 Sauternes and Barsac are great.” And so ends …
Apr
17
Empanada Party for World Malbec Day 2012 #MWD
At the Empanada market stall in Primrose Hill - Chango Empanadas
by Juel Mahoney
To celebrate Malbec World Day*, Bibendum and Argento Wine wanted to test whether a well-known idea in Argentina works on a rainy day in London. An idea that can be summed up as:
Have Empanadas, Will Party.
Empanadas are little pastry parcels of …
Apr
12
Vietti’s Mario Cordero talks Moscato d’Asti
by Juel Mahoney
Now, you might think we are biased but we LOVE Moscato d’Asti from Vietti here at Bibendum. There’s always an exciting electricity in the room whenever a bottle is opened. Oh, the anticipation…
It is a sweet, frizzante, low alcohol wine at only 5.5% made in Piedmont in Italy. It tastes of peaches, rose petals, zingy ginger …
Apr
05
Bordeaux 2011: Singing in the Right Bank
By Juel Mahoney
“We three kings of Pomerol are…” Ben Collins sang as he walked between the vines from La Conseillante to Vieux Chateau Certan (VCC) from L’Eglise Clinet. Next stop, Le Pin.
What a difference a day makes. Today we are singing. Crossing the river from Bordeaux to Pomerol, we found a different story than that on the Left Bank.
Why?
The Right Bank has a clay …
Apr
04
Bordeaux 2011: The Games People Play
by Juel Mahoney
Some people play politics, some play football. Then there are people who visit a windowless concrete cellar and taste hundreds of wines in what looks like a nuclear bunker. They play the game of Bordeaux En Primeur.
This is how we spent yesterday.
Unlike the day before, where we visited superstar Chateaux complete with moats to …
Apr
03
Bordeaux 2011: The Elephant in the Room
by Juel Mahoney, Our Woman in Pauillac
Sitting at a superb lunch with our Bordeaux negociant in St Julien talking about possible pricing for 2011 Bordeaux we had a glass of 2004 Phelan Segur. Not the best vintage in the world for Bordeaux, a four-square wine which does not shout over the conversation with fruit and oak madness. Yet …
