Whilst idly googling gastroporn on the net after a hard day's work copywriting I came across a video on YouTube featuring.... myself and my sister Abigail. My Google search was "Chablis and Oysters", nothing dirty you understand, if a little fishy. I couldn't believe I hadn't turned this into a blogpost before so feel I should now, even though it dates from Christmas Day last year. I do now live near Chablis, which is a long way from the sea, but as you will see, if you watch the video, there is a good reason why Chablis goes so well with oysters...
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Friday, 1 October 2010
Cork Alive
I served Champagne to some French friends recently and the cork, as I released it, sommelier-style and without a pop, sucked itself back into the bottle neck as if there was a vacuum inside. When I twisted it out again it appeared very narrow which is the normal indication of bottle age. But it had a curious lump on its end; and even more curiously, it appeared to be alive...
apologies for my laboured, heavily-accented French on the video; I think this was our second bottle of fruity, gluggable Brut from Joseph Walczak in Les Riceys
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