Looking across the Øresund strait past Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, Denmark, to Helsingborg in Sweden
This year’s Chenin Blanc Showcase-
Learning about Japanese Whisky
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Lovely Denmark, going north
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And further north through Sweden
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This week's recipe: Tiramisu with a Noble Late Harvest
Chenin Blanc & Orange
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Wine of the Week: The 1947 Chenin Blanc 2015 from
Kaapzicht
Our story of our road trip to Scandinavia on a shoestring continues this week while we also celebrate wonderful libations, domestic and exotic; our first domestic stories since our return from the far north
This week, we have two stories which will show you the places we visited in Denmark and Sweden en route to our ultimate destination, Oslo in Norway. We have also posted numerous photographs on Instagram as well at https://www.instagram.com/fordjohnduncan/ We’d love it if you click on the heart symbol to “like” pictures that appeal to you
This week, we have two stories which will show you the places we visited in Denmark and Sweden en route to our ultimate destination, Oslo in Norway. We have also posted numerous photographs on Instagram as well at https://www.instagram.com/fordjohnduncan/ We’d love it if you click on the heart symbol to “like” pictures that appeal to you
The Chenin Blanc Growers Association held
their annual Showcase last week at the Cape Grace Hotel. It was a chance for
the media and the wine trade to taste new releases and some older wines as
well. Standard Bank is the generous sponsor. Read on....
An invitation last week to taste some
Japanese whiskies at Kyoto Gardens Sushi restaurant delighted us. We were
intrigued the last time we tasted some of these whiskies, so it was a welcome
opportunity to learn more
about them
Our
road trip to Scandinavia on a shoestring continues
We left Flensburg and drove North and East
towards Copenhagen over the 18 Km long Storebælt (the Great Belt) bridge which
links Eastern (Sjælland or Zealand) and Western (Odense) Denmark. Denmark does marvellous bridges....
We took the car ferry from Helsingør in Denmark)
across the Øresund to Helsingborg in Sweden. The other shore doesn't seem that
far. It is, in fact only a 4 Km gap, but it is one of the world's busiest international
ferry routes with more than 70 departures from each harbour per day. The adventure continues
This week's recipe
is one Lynne used a while ago with an adaptation using a good sweet dessert
Chenin Blanc. A recipe similar to this recently won an award by the Chenin
Blanc Association. Lynne's does not use raw egg.
1 packet boudoir (finger) biscuits –
Juice of 4 oranges – 50 ml Noble Late Harvest Chenin blanc – 200 ml whipping
cream – 1 x 250 ml tub of mascarpone cheese– 1 T grappa - 150g sugar, vanilla
if possible or add 1 t of vanilla extract – juice and pulp of 4 granadillas
(passion fruit)
Mix the orange juice with the Chenin Blanc and dip
the finger biscuits into it. Make one layer with half the biscuits in the
bottom of a pretty dessert dish. Lightly whip the cream till it has soft peaks,
then whip in the grappa. Beat the mascarpone with the vanilla sugar then fold
in the cream and spread a layer over the biscuits, then follow half the
granadilla pulp. Make another layer of dipped biscuits and finish by pouring
over the rest of the juice and topping off with the rest of the cream topped
with granadilla pulp. Cover with cling film and keep in the fridge overnight
until you are ready to serve. Serve with the rest of the NLH Chenin Blanc,
chilled
The photograph shows the 2013 vintage from our cellar.
The 2015 is in a, perhaps, more appropriate Burgundy shaped bottle
The vines for this exceptional Chenin were
planted in 1947, hence the name. Wood and fruit are in perfect balance. As we
said of the 2013 "It has a nice richness, sweet fruit balanced beneath the
acidity and some slight charred wood notes on the end". If anything the
2015 is a step up from that. There is lovely, gentle citrus fruit but the wood
is softer and beautifully integrated; the wine has a lovely freshness which
should not be lost as the wine ages. As we said in our story about the Chenin
blanc Showcase, it was the wine that there was the most buzz about in the room
and many people, winemakers as well, said it was their favourite. It is ours.
So elegant, so layered and just how good Chenin should be. Do yourself a favour
and put a case away for a few years. It will reward you
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2017
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