Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

Palladius & pumpkin, a PS

Hey, hot tip for a Palladius food match – have just confirmed in the most delicious way that its honeyed sweetness, girth and complexity find a perfect match in roast squash with porcini.  Halve the squash, remove the seeds and fibre, smear the flesh with butter then fill with porcini (I’m no Rockefeller, of the [...]

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High Timber!!!!!!

I presented my South African Rhone blends with a twist tasting at High Timber restaurant in July, reported here.  The Sadie Family Palladius 2008, the 2007 of which was voted favourite white of the night, has recently been crowned White Wine of the Year in the 2010 John Platter South African wine guide.  Made by [...]

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