Blog
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – slow cooked shoulder of lamb
A great recipe for a rainy weekend when you have no choice but to sit in front of a log fire and read a book while dinner gently bubbles away for hours.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – classic Boeuf Bourgignon
There’s something very comforting about the aroma of a delicious Boeuf Bourgignon bubbling away gently in the oven. Wafts of wine, thyme and orange.
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What’s been going on in the Loire valley vineyards in October?
You can expect to see less sweet wine from this area of the Loire in 2019 as rain came in the middle of picking and also growers made plenty in 2018.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – crispy black pudding with mozarella, apple chutney and bitter salad leaves
If you’re a black pudding fan then you’re going to love this dish. It’s very simple and depends upon using high quality ingredients.
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Wine Education – the diversity of Chenin Blanc
If you look carefully at a bunch of Chenin Blanc around harvest time you’ll notice that the grapes are not uniform in colour. Chenin is a magical grape.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – rustic fruit tart
This tart is so easy and can be made using practically any seasonal fruit. I used small purple plums but use apricots, greengages or apples.
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What’s going on in the Loire valley vineyards in September?
Picking in the Loire is still in full swing as we approach the end of September.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – grilled figs with orange, thyme and pomegrante molasses
I absolutely love figs and this is one of my favourite recipes so I was excited to see beautiful fresh purple ones at the market this week.
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Loire Harvest 2019
The Chenin Blanc grapes are now coming in as harvest continues here in the Loire valley.
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What’s going on in the Loire valley vineyards in August?
As we countdown to harvest it looks like 2019 may prove to be a tricky year for winemakers.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – melon, tomato, cucumber and goat’s cheese salad
This is a lovely summer salad. Make it when all the ingredients are tasting at their best and it’s hard to beat on a hot day in the garden.
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Recipes from Le Tasting Room’s kitchen – clementine juice braised celeriac
Celeriac is a very underused vegetable. It’s delicious both raw as in the classic celeriac remoulade and braised as I have done here with orange juice.