“I’m going through another loving season with the Rhone valley. Cornas in particular have impressed me and the whites from St. Joseph are wonderful.“ Athila Roos, Sommelier The Arts Club in Dover Street, London Read More >
The Sommelier’s Palate – The Articulate Sommelier, Athila Roos, The Arts Club in Dover Street, Mayfair, London
The Sommelier’s Palate – Ladies and Gentleman, All The Way From Zeeland, The Netherlands, Lotte Wolf , Sommelier at the Legendary 3 Star Michelin Restaurant Oud Sluis
“I recently discovered the natural wines from the Pyramid Valley winery in New Zealand. Their Kerner Marlborough Pinot Blanc is amazing!” Sommelier Lotte Wolf, Restaurant Oud Sluis, Sluis, The Netherlands
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A Big Fish Called Halibut
My favourite fishmonger in Singapore, Greenwood Fish Market, just sent me an SMS on the recently arrived catch; a 120lb Halibut, sufficiently large enough to feed a Chinese family banquet I would have thought. Read More >
The Sommelier’s Palate – Australian Sommelier, David Clarke Emigrates to Cape Town, South Africa
(pronounced suh-mal-‘yAy)
In Medieval Provençal times they were saumaliers, animal pack drivers who evolved during Middle French kingdom to become court officials charged with transportation of supplies. So what does a modern day Sommelier actually do? Well, Wikipedia outlines as such, “A sommelier or wine steward is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food matching. The most important work of a sommelier is in the areas of wine procurement, wine storage, wine cellar rotation, and expert service to wine consumers.” Read More >
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New Zealand’s Majestic Pohutukawa Tree
In preparation for my daughters school United Nations Day food festival and the New Zealand stand, we are putting together a slide show with the theme of New Zealand native trees and supporting Project Crimson a charity organisation dedicated to planting Pohutukawa or Rata trees, which is greatly supported by Ata Rangi vineyard with proprietor and tree lover, Clive Paton, very much involved. Ata Rangi have sent me some pictures including this amazing image of a majestic and dazzlingly coloured Pohutukawa tree; an awe-inspiring illustration of New Zealand’s unique natural beauty. Read More >
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Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2012 – Canberra, ACT, Australia – Tim Kirk, Gourmet Traveller Wine Winemaker of the Year 2013
A few weeks ago I had lunch at my favourite restaurant in Singapore, Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant with the Reverent Tim Kirk, proprietor and winemaker of Clonakilla vineyard in Canberra, Australia. Read More >
Another Record Month of Website Traffic for the Wandering Palate
The Wandering Palate website traffic continues to grows and reached another record month in September 2013 with a very encouraging 677,818 hits; but more strategically each visitor viewed an average of 10.4 page views daily and whopping daily average of time spent on the website of 11.29 minutes, almost unheard of in limited attention span of the web world. Read More >
