Pairings | Chateau d'Yquem
Tipsy cake, roast pineapple and Chateau d’Yquem
Posted on February 18 2013 at 09:09
Let’s face it, I don’t get to drink Chateau d’Yquem every day so what else could last week’s match of the week be than this stellar pairing I had at Dinner at Heston Blumenthal?
Does great wine need to be aged?
Posted on February 15 2013 at 09:49
It’s been an article of faith as long as I’ve been writing about wine that you need to age the best wines in your cellar. We sniff at consumers who buy and crack open a first growth as unsophisticated but maybe they’re the ones who know best?
Scallop tartare and sauvignon blanc
Posted on July 3 2017 at 12:44
What on earth do you do when you have a line-up of some of the best wines in the world in front of you? Do you attempt to match them or reflect more the mood, the company and the time of year? Or, given that they're indisputably the hero of the occasion, do you just go with the sort of food the kitchen does well anyway?
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