One of the great things about living in London is the amount of wine tastings that take place every week. I've been to a number of delicious wine tastings over the past few months. First up was a red wine tasting at Holborn Delicatessen (part of the Rosewood Hotel) led by their sommelier Michael Raebel. He gave us a number of small pots with various aromas in and asked us to guess what they were. This was a really good way of making us focus on smell rather than taste. I got all of them right apart from one. I thought I was getting burnt orange peel and actually it was prunes in armanac - close...! We tried 5 wines from Argentina with some meats and cheeses, as Michael talked us through each of them including some interesting facts about the buying process.
Another Davy's tasting event at Vitners' Hall - and it was a very busy affair. We had originally booked on the afternoon session, but were moved onto the evening session. It was incredibly crowded - the most busy I have seen a Davy's event. Rather full tummies from afternoon tea at The Savoy and the battles to get to each tasting table meant we didn't stay as long as perhaps we would have normally done. Still I managed to put in an order of 12 bottles of wine...
We had an interesting evening at Bedales in Borough Market. A lovely wine bar, we were seated upstairs with big platters of cheese and meat and the very knowledgeable staff member talked us through 6 bio-dynamic and organic wines. A really enjoyable evening but none of the wines particularly floated my boat, with the exception of the last one (a blended red) which at £40 a bottle was lovely but I have had nicer wines for cheaper...
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