Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Good Food Show London Wine Highlights








My top ten memories from the Good Food Show London
1 The wine map based on the map of London underground, which shows you which grapes and varieties are similar so you can see that if you like a dry red or sweet white or sparkling rose which other wines you might also like. 
2 Oz Clarke's Wine Guide. It comes out every two years and tells you which year wines from all round the world were best. Trevor Sharot who bought a signed copy uses it every time he goes into a wine shop or checks a wine to buy or research on line. Oz told us that his name Oz is a nickname because of the way he played cricket.
3 Wine tasting pairing wines with Green & Black's chocolate. 
4 Wine tasting of Hardy's wines of Australia, comparing chardonnay wines. Chardonnay is used in Champagne but only wines from the Champagne area of France can use the name. 
5 Wine tasting of three kinds of macaroons paired with three sweet wines. The Cordon Bleu school of cookery demonstrated how to make a macaroon. Then we tasted three macaroons, the first with foie gras and fig was the best. You could hardly taste the pate but the fig was heavenly.
6 Hattie's wines - the most amusing with the hats.
7 The gold wine containing gold.
1 Wine tube map webpage  conviviumwine.com or twitter @WinetubeMap or Facebook WineTubeMap
6 Webpage Hattieswines.co.uk
 Twitter @HattiesWines facebook HattiesWines webpage hattieswines.co.uk

See my next blog for foods at the show.
More shows around Britain including Birmingham and in Scotland. If you missed this year's in London be sure to go to the next one.


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