Like all great trilogies the most epic comes last: here in the shape of a pudding. And Chef went too scrambled-eggy with his sweet for the record. Swig the dregs of your wine with your pudding and it wont work: sugar exaggerates the tannin and acidity in most wines or drinks. Eat a Mars bar [...]
Tags: Brighton, Dessert wines, Henry Butler, Hove, New Steine Hotel, Restaurant, Sweet wines, What food goes with sweet wine


I oversee a fund-raising dinner at the New Steine hotel in Kemp Town Brighton every couple of months where chef dreams up some pretty impressive grub and I match the wines and give a little chat about each. This week we’ll stick up the three films from the last evening, starting with the starter. A [...] 