Posted by peter | September 1st, 2010 (by Jo Pratt; intro by peter)
Culinary artiste Jo Pratt – the Winchester Wine School’s very favourite food person – is weaving her typical magic again with this gorgeous steak-and-salsa recipe.
This originally appeared in our August newsletter and makes for a great late summer recipe, whether you do it on the BBQ or in a pan.
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Posted by susie | August 12th, 2010 (by susie)
Do you like your holidays to be of the delicious variety?
Or perhaps you fancy re-living some gastro memories from recent times spent abroad?
Either way, I have a suggestion for you – which also works as a fine excuse to feature another fantastic Jo Pratt recipe, accompanied by my wine matching tips.
I’ve just done some work for a company called www.villarenters.com.
They wanted to promote some of their holiday properties on the basis of their gastronomic credentials – ie if
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Posted by peter | July 31st, 2010 (by peter)
As I write, Susie is rustling up a monkfish curry (thank you Jo Pratt) with a squid starter while I’m tapping away. It’s a neat, and entirely appropriate division of labour: Plato, Hume and Marx, we are in your debt.
The kids are, blissfully, asleep.
The kitchen window has become like an interactive piece of art: it’s a stunning evening on the south coast, white-tipped waves bustling over a sea-green bay, lazy clouds hanging over the skyline, a vigorous evening sun drenching
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Posted by peter | July 20th, 2010 (by peter & susie)
The 2009 vintage in Beaujolais is currently being praised to the rafters.
One suspects this might have something to do with the general sense of shock among wine lovers at the unprecedented prices associated with the similarly lauded 2009 Bordeaux wines.
Just as Bordeaux has its en primeur campaign, Beaujolais used to have a canny marketing machine designed to shift lots of wines at an early stage in their existence. It was called Noveau and, for a while, proved to be a
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Posted by peter | July 15th, 2010 (by peter)
This was an extra special edition of Saturday Kitchen for us.
Not only was it the last live show of the season, showcasing the usual gastronomic fireworks. It also featured a very special announcement: that of the arrival of our new son, Thomas Frederick, born on 6th July.
They flashed up some photos of the little fella together with proud parents and James Martin kindly congratulated us on the news. So thanks to all the lovely people at Cactus Studios, as well as to James, for
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Posted by peter | July 13th, 2010 Here’s another utterly delectable recipe from the Winchester Wine School’s resident gastronomy guru Jo Pratt.
Jo has a brand new website – www.jopratt.co.uk – which is well worth a browse for more foodie fun.
And if you want to receive Jo’s recipes as part of our occasional newsletter, together with loads of brilliant wine bargains, sign up by clicking here.
Jo Pratt’s honey and cinnamon duck breast with lentil and pomegranate salad
Serves: 4
This is a simple summery recipe,
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Posted by peter | July 9th, 2010 (by peter & susie)
We’ve had some good news to celebrate this week, what with the new (and littlest) addition to the Winchester Wine School fraternity.
We wanted to wet the baby’s head with something suitably fizzy and delicious – and we turned to a bottle of Champagne Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV.
This particular bottle had been sent in celebration of Delamotte’s 250th anniversary (making it the sixth oldest champagne house, apparently) by the kind people at
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Posted by susie | June 29th, 2010 (by susie)
Here’s an article of mine on the wonderful subject of the best rosé champagnes to drink this summer.
There’s something for everyone, from big names to great bargains from lesser known growers. Yes it’s hedonistic but we need something to take our minds off the football…(plus you can use it to get into training for our Celebration of Champagne course on Sunday 17th October 2010!)
It originally appeared in the June 2010 edition of Decanter, and is
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Posted by peter | June 11th, 2010 Of late, Susie and I have been inundated with frothy-mouthed press releases beseeching us to drink (and, I suppose, recommend) everything from Argentine Torrrontes to English Bacchus.
Personally, we don’t really do themed drink-alongs, even if it is the World Cup. So any glasses we’ll be raising (or seeking consolation from) will be full of our favourite wines, whatever flag they happen to wave.
At this time of year, when everything is green and fresh, we like nothing better than a
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Posted by peter | May 31st, 2010 (by peter)
This article charts the latest developments in Chilean Syrah – a category well deserving of any wine lover’s attention, given the exciting stylistic diversity and notable value for money it offers.
The article was published in the June 2010 edition of Decanter magazine, and appears here by kind permission of the magazine and publisher.
It is reproduced in pdf format via the link below. Please click on the link to access the article.
Peter’s Chilean Syrah article
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