After planning on meeting my mate at The Aussie Days tasting in The Horticulture Hall I started out for my next adventure leaving the hobbit room behind me for the day!
I signed up for a Pinot Tasting & seminar with 4 vintners that turned out to be really informative. The most interesting thing about this was all the talk of climate change, micro climates, the dedication , heart, & just the overall passion of these 4 guys! Maybe it's me but this was the friendliest bunch of vintners I have ever come across. They remembered me once I got back on the tasting floor& had me try different wines that where not included in the tasting. One vintner has the greatest website site! Check it out, Innocent Bystander Wines in Victoria. I especially liked his wines the Pinot Noir was my favorite ,smooth velvet tannins, raspberry & smoke on the palate with a nice long finish. He not only has a vineyard but also a cheese cave, bakery, wine bar, & more on premise at his property.
After this I met up with my friend John & some of his colleagues to take the light rail to Canary Wharf. This is a area right outside of the city of London that reminded me a bit of South Street Seaport! Big buildings, skyscrapers & dinner in the middle of a department store.
After explaining to me that this was the best deal in London we sat down in a very crowded area that looked like a tapas bar. It turned out to be a wine shop in the middle of this store where you can buy a bottle & enjoy it with some great apps. No corkage fee & they had a great treasure cellar with some rare bottles. We chose a Spanish Rose Muga 2005 with fresh mozzarella, roasted peppers & salmon cakes. This was a good pairing, the wines fruity acidity complemented the mozzarella , & kicked up the salmon cakes.
After apps. we ventured across the store to check out the other food counters. You have much to choose from! Oysters, Lobster, Steak, Sushi, Regional English, & many other things. We chose the steak & seafood counter. John got the stuffed lobster & the rest of us the opted for the steak & chips. I also got to try Chapel Down Sparkling English Wine! Really crisp, high acidity, citrus and it went well with a crab cocktail appetizer we all shared. This was really a good dinner choice if you don't mind eating in the middle of a department store. There seemed to be a lot of locals chowing down at this bargain place, dinner for 3 with this 2 glasses of wine came to around 150.00 dollars a very reasonable price for London .
I signed up for a Pinot Tasting & seminar with 4 vintners that turned out to be really informative. The most interesting thing about this was all the talk of climate change, micro climates, the dedication , heart, & just the overall passion of these 4 guys! Maybe it's me but this was the friendliest bunch of vintners I have ever come across. They remembered me once I got back on the tasting floor& had me try different wines that where not included in the tasting. One vintner has the greatest website site! Check it out, Innocent Bystander Wines in Victoria. I especially liked his wines the Pinot Noir was my favorite ,smooth velvet tannins, raspberry & smoke on the palate with a nice long finish. He not only has a vineyard but also a cheese cave, bakery, wine bar, & more on premise at his property.
After this I met up with my friend John & some of his colleagues to take the light rail to Canary Wharf. This is a area right outside of the city of London that reminded me a bit of South Street Seaport! Big buildings, skyscrapers & dinner in the middle of a department store.
After explaining to me that this was the best deal in London we sat down in a very crowded area that looked like a tapas bar. It turned out to be a wine shop in the middle of this store where you can buy a bottle & enjoy it with some great apps. No corkage fee & they had a great treasure cellar with some rare bottles. We chose a Spanish Rose Muga 2005 with fresh mozzarella, roasted peppers & salmon cakes. This was a good pairing, the wines fruity acidity complemented the mozzarella , & kicked up the salmon cakes.
After apps. we ventured across the store to check out the other food counters. You have much to choose from! Oysters, Lobster, Steak, Sushi, Regional English, & many other things. We chose the steak & seafood counter. John got the stuffed lobster & the rest of us the opted for the steak & chips. I also got to try Chapel Down Sparkling English Wine! Really crisp, high acidity, citrus and it went well with a crab cocktail appetizer we all shared. This was really a good dinner choice if you don't mind eating in the middle of a department store. There seemed to be a lot of locals chowing down at this bargain place, dinner for 3 with this 2 glasses of wine came to around 150.00 dollars a very reasonable price for London .
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