We welcome you to our Wine Tasting Dinner with Peter Watts Wines on Friday 30th August,
with a custom-curated choice of dishes and gorgeous wine pairings for each dish.
For more information, see our event page here.
On Arrival
Goat’s cheese vol-au-vent with beetroot gel v
Halkidiki olive, sun-blushed tomato, plant-based pesto crostini v
The Pichon family are winegrowers from father to son; Claude Michel Pichon represents the sixth generation. After 12 years as a winemaker & buyer in Loire Valley, Claude took over the family estate in 2006, succeeding his father. A delicate, crisp and fruity dry sparkling wine.
Assiette of Tasting Starters
First Starter
Crunchy pork crackling twigs, apple sauce gf
The War Horse Chenin Blanc, South Africa (vg)
Grown on the former war horse training grounds of the Anglo-Boer War, the cool Stellenbosch climate provides the perfect conditions to produce such fine wines. Full of ripe apple and pear flavours with hints of tropical fruit, rounded out with a crisp, refreshing finish.
Second Starter
Hummus and toasted flatbread v
Lavoro Riesling, Patritti, Australia
Produced in the Eden Valley in the Mount Lofty Ranges with a cool climate and ancient soils. This is a light, fresh and aromatic Riesling displaying fruit characters including lime, lemon, green apple and pear skin. A light and delicate palate but with lively acidity. Citrus flavours persist through the long finish.
Third Starter
Smoked salmon roulade, prawn mousse, grapefruit, watercress, crostini
Carbonic maceration is an ancestral form of winemaking which utilises whole grapes. This results in intensely coloured, very floral, fresh and long-lasting wines. Think of a Beaujolais style of Rioja! Light fruity and very different to most Riojas.
Main Course
Asian glazed beef short rib, stir-fry vegetable udon noodles, charred pan choi, crispy onions
Doppio Passo, Primitivo, Puglia, Italy
Described as exceptionally fruity and velvety, vinified with a wonderfully sweet flavour profile, fermented twice with Primitivo grapes. The texture of this well-balanced Doppio Passo is silky and complex on the palate with an exceptionally full-bodied red berry and plum concentration.
Dessert
Pineapple upside-down cake, pineapple chutney, caramel swirl ‘ice-cream,’ coconut tuille vg
La Villa Real Moscatel, La Mancha, Spain
Bodegas la Remediadora is a winery in La Mancha founded in 1946- ‘La Villa Real’ brand designates that the wines have been made with the strictest selection of the finest grapes, achieving excellent quality. If you’ve a sweet tooth, this Moscatel is perfect for you. An impressive rich Moscatel with fruit and floral characters – sweet grapes, spring blossoms.
