Ticketed at $58 per pax, I was fortunate enough to garner two free tickets kudoes to Gold 90.5FM! Thank you Hamish!
The wife and I arrived sharp at 11am, anticipating 'Bordeux Tasting with Oz Clarke', only to find out that he's stuck in an European airport due to the ash spewing volcano in Iceland.
It was to the wine rounds then!
Fantastic oysters, at only $9 for 5 pieces!!
One of the good finds....!
More good food.. Gnocchi with Gogonzola cheese....and an entire plate President select cheeses...heavenly!
The Schott Zweisel Tasting by Laurent Vialette was an eye-opener. With wines
2002 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Home Ranch
2006 Ridge California Monte Bello
2005 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate
in 3 different Schott glasses, it was supposed to be a learning experience to smell and taste the effects wine glasses have on wine.
Glasses used were not the usual 'large' bordeaux wines suitable for the Cabernet Sauvignon but instead smaller tasting glasses like stems were used. They were: 1872, Cru Class and Clear *** (can't recall the glassed used here).
The effects were startling, a 2mm difference in the height of the glass was enough to mute one of the wines.
It remains a debate and struggle to pick out the perfect glass for the perfect wines!
Panna water, it really does taste great..and cleanses the palette unlike any other water!
Finally we went for the Veuve Clicquot Champange base wine testing with Francois Hautekeur who is the Oenologist of Veue Clicquot. By then, I was really tipsy and starting to spit wines and not taking notes. By the 3rd base wine..I was concussed and Wifey woke me at the end when the fermetted bubbly was served and what a way to end the wine event.
Oh..before the final round. Thanks to everyone!! Till the next year! Cheers!!
