Valentine's Day is that wonderful time of the year when star-crossed lovers hold hands underneath the lunar glow of that PHILIPS sign overlooking Victoria Harbour, when married folks renew their vows quietly at home with Season 4 of Game of Thrones, and when all our single friends simultaneously begin contemplating about that famous dating app everyone keeps talking about.
There are very few producers of Syrah in the world that we at Cork Culture respect as much as Jean and Pierre Gonon in the quiet appellation of Saint Joseph. For decades these two brothers have been making traditional, soulful wines far removed from the modern influences of the international wine industry.
With a thick fillet of black cod, which should be crisp and firm on the outside and then softer and more translucent in the middle, we want a more rich and full-bodied white wine to match the texture of the cut.
For the first day of the 2014 Hong Kong Wine & Spirits Fair I had a dismally short window of time to visit - only an hour between 3-4pm. I basically sprinted through the two halls of the fair trying to find identify some wines which looked promising, or to check up the latest vintages of some of my favourite producers.
Elegance in a wine is a difficult quality to define. Undoubtedly it’s subjective, but if I’m going to write about it I might as well offer up my own interpretation of this characteristic. An elegant wine will feel like a skip rather than a walk; it will dance across the palate rather than simply plod along. This light-footedness of course can be due to a naturally higher acidity in certain grapes, but personally I believe it is due to good viticulture.
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