Wine
(Eastbourne Herald
In Style)
Food & Drink
Summer
2003
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Wines for alfresco
dining
Wasn’t
it Enid Blyton, in her Famous Five books, who coined the phrase
‘Why does food taste so much better out of doors?’
Colin
Barnes of Eastbourne’s Cooden Cellars, has some wonderful ideas
for drinks to accompany summer’s outdoor dining – but it
doesn’t include ‘lashings of ginger beer’!
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Terre in Fiore,
Garganega 2002, Cantina di Custoza, Veneto, Italy, £4.99
A refreshingly soft wine
from the grape that normally makes Soave. A lively perfume of
peaches and a slightly herbal note to the dry and creamy
finish. This would accompany salads and seafood well.
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Pacific Rim Dry
Riesling 2000, Bonny Doon Vineyard, Santa Cruz, California, £8.99
One
for those contemplative moments as you soak up the sun and the
outdoor atmosphere. Exudes the rich, flowery and mineral notes
of classic Riesling but with a full fruity palate.
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Carte Noire
Rose 2002, Les Maitres Vignerons de la Presqu’ile de Saint-Tropez,
Var, £6.75
Made at a winery close
to just about the busiest roundabout we’ve ever seen on the
Cote d’Azur. This is ripe fruity sunshine in a traditional
Provencal bottle and a delicious pink to set off any picnic.
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L’Escalier
vielles vignes, Vine de Pays d’Oc, 2001, Abbotts, Carcassone,
£5.50
Australian Nerida
(Aborigine for ‘white water lilly’) Abbott makes this from
old vine Syrah, Carignan and Grenache. More-ish cassis and
prune-filled wine with a rounded medium palate that would go
with most smoke-gilled meats.
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Bobal/Tempranillo
2001, Rozaleme, Utiel, Spain, £6.95
Truly
uplifting sweet black-fruit entry on the palate is sustained
as luscious and velvety as it evolves in the mouth. A perfect
foil for barbecued meats. |
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