At the Big Fortified tasting we saw Madeira guru Trevor Elliot run a seminar on matching the fortified wine with food. Sounds bananas doesn’t it. But it can really work. First on economic grounds: if you’re someone who comes home and necks a bottle a night, my hats off to you. But you might want [...]
Tags: Big Fortified Tasting, Boal, Bual, Dessert Wine, Henry Butler, Madeira, Malmsey, Sweet Wine, Wine with food


A break from my beautiful face: Last programme Kris and I picked wines to go with game dishes (Bourgogne Blanc for the white and Italian Biferno Reserva for the red) from the list at Sam’s. Meanwhile FeedetGastro’s Becci Edmondson was downstairs with young chef Simon learning how to cook their signature autumn dish of partridge [...] 