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What Shall I Take With Me To That Dinner Party? August 21, 2009

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Who doesn’t want to feel different, special, and comfortable when you go to a dinner party, and really what can you bring with you If not another bottle of Shiraz or Rioja, chocolate or flowers?

This year you can defiantly surprise – not another Shiraz or Rioja – you want to be deferent, to have an opening to start that conversation – Rimon, What a unique idea! Go to that special dinner or to their party, add it to your Christmas hamper – be deferent – She will absolutely love the dessert, he will love the port style, and they will all enjoy the turkey with Rimon dry one.

Discover the world’s only 100% pure pomegranate wine this festive season

Add Rimon to your Christmas hamper Together with dark chocolate… add it in your cooking, on top of ice cream, even add it make your fevered cocktail! Just add it!

Not only is Rimon wines delicious on its own – you can mix it to make your favourite cocktails. It is known you cannot mix a grape wine any cocktail, Rimon is the only wine in the world that can be mix to make a cocktail! – Just add it to your favourite dish and cocktail. Add Rimon for a unique pomegranate Mojito, add to Champagne or sparkling wine to create a delicious ‘pomegranate kir Royale’. For the first time, thanks to Rimon Winery, we can now enjoy the ancient crimson fruit in the form of world-class, wines made from 100 percent pomegranate juice that retain the succulent flavours and healthful properties of the pomegranate fruit even after they have been fermented into wine.

Rimon Winery is the exclusive producer of the world’s only 100% pure pomegranate wine. Since 2003, father and son, Gaby and Avi Nachmias have been producing a unique pomegranate wine from their orchard located on a mountain in Upper Galilee.

Waitrose Wine Buyer Ken Mackay is the youngest master of wine in the world and the first one to open his hands and mind to pomegranate wine “Pomegranates are a big hit with Waitrose shoppers, so we are pleased to be the first UK retailer to offer Rimon Winery’s Pomegranate Dessert Wine. This wine is a perfect after-dinner drink for the autumn. It matches well with fruit puddings, such as crumble, and will be a delicious accompaniment to a cheese board.”

The Nachmias family have cultivated a “super fruit” that is sweeter, deeper in colour, and richer in vitamins and antioxidants than other pomegranate varieties.

Having cultivated this special pomegranate themselves, they registered a patent for it called ‘NG’, after Gaby’s full name of Nachmias Gabriel. The ‘NG’ is famous for its high juice content, soft tannins, sweetness and rich flavours, to which the father and son team attribute their phenomenal success. The health-giving properties of the fruit are also still contained in this unique wine, it has three times the antioxidant power of normal red wine or green tea, as well as a wealth of vitamins and minerals.

Michael Dalal, Europe exclusive representative for Rimon Winery, “Rimon has perfected the art of making pomegranate wine. It is gold medal winning have been very well received around the world and we are very pleased to finally be able to share them with the UK wine enthusiasts. We think they’ll agree, they are some the most innovative and impressive wine products on the market today.”

 

The Wine Gang – Chance To Win The Life Of A Wine Critic Competition August 17, 2009

The wine gang is launched by 5 of the UK's most respected wine critics.

The wine gang is launched by 5 of the UK's most respected wine critics.

If you have ever wanted to experience the life of a wine critic, to travel to exotic regions of the world and taste incredible wines – read on, and you may.

To celebrate their first full year of gang life, five of the UK’s most respected wine critics – who collectively form www.thewinegang.com – have unveiled a very special competition offering one lucky subscriber just such an experience, with an exclusive Rioja wine tasting holiday prize as their guest.

www.thewinegang.com is a revolutionary online wine compendium which gives subscribers access to the unseen views of five of the most respected national wine writers in the UK today, on virtually every wine listed in the UK.

Comprising of the seriously well-tasted Olly Smith of BBC’s Saturday Kitchen and Live Magazine; Tom Cannavan the creator of wine-pages.com; Anthony Rose of the Independent Newspaper; Tim Atkin MW of the Observer and Joanna Simon of Classic FM Magazine, www.thewinegang.com offers a fascinating insight into the interiors of some of the world’s most important tasting rooms.

To celebrate twelve months since the gang first posted their exclusive unpublished thoughts online, this special competition is a real treat for wine enthusiasts – offering a true one-off prize.
Open to existing subscribers to the website, and to those who subscribe to www.thewinegang.com during August 2009, the competition offers the chance to win an all-expenses-paid break for two to Rioja in Spain. This amazing prize includes flights, car hire and 2 nights in a 4* hotel in Rioja, on a half board basis.

However, as you’d expect from The Wine Gang, there is an added level of uncommonly good news with this announcement.

The highlight of the trip will be an exclusive visit to the top Rioja house of Dinastía Vivanco and its stunning Museum of Wine Culture, with lunch at its fantastic restaurant. Oh, and depending on agreeing a suitable date for the trip, one member of The Wine Gang will meet the winning party for a special tour and tasting – with no lesser guide than Rafael Vivanco himself!

For more information, simply log on to the website before the end of August 31st 2009 and take out a subscription to the Wine Gang. http://www.thewinegang.com/news.php.

Ten lucky new August 2009 subscribers, picked at random, will also be in line to receive a bottle of delicious Rioja Reserva, worth £12.99.

Said Tom Cannavan

“This is a fantastic prize and we are very grateful to Dinastía Vivanco for agreeing to host this special tasting. Just like the original intention of the Wine Gang, this prize will give one lucky subscriber a real opportunity to gain access to an unseen side of the wine world very few experience.

“The Wine Gang was borne out of a frustration we have as wine writers. Although we are spoiled in the UK with what has to be the world’s greatest array of wines available to buy, nevertheless the limited coverage given to wine falls short of the amazing diversity of wines we come into contact with. We wanted a place to post all of our thoughts on all the wines we taste – and rate.

“We wanted to better inform people about the amazing wine choices on their local independent and chain store shelves. It’s empowering for the wine gang, and for our subscribers.”

 

El Faro and H&H Bancroft present the wines of LAN on the 16th April April 5, 2009

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Wine Tasting hosted by Trinidad Villegas from LAN

 

Founded in 1972, Bodegas LAN was named after the initials of the 3 provinces in the Rioja Designation of Origin: Logrono (La Rioja), Alava and Navarra. Bodegas LAN has a privileged 70 hectare estate on the banks of the Ebro River called Vina Lanciano, growing 60 hectares of the Tempranillo, and 10 hectares of the Mazuelo grape variety.  LAN prides itself in achieving an optimal mix of artisanal methods and advanced technology to achieve its award-winning wines. To achieve the characteristic plenitude, roundness and sharpness of the LAN wines, American, Allier French and central European oak casks are used in the wine-ageing process.  

 

SELECTED AWARDS:

LAN CRIANZA and GRAN RESERVA – Silver Medal at Challenge International du Vin du France.

LAN CRIANZA – “Best Wine from the Old World”, The Wine Trials, USA

LAN RESERVA – Gold Medal at London International Wine Challenge. 

Gold Medal at London International Wine Challenge and at Challenge International du Vin du France last year.

 

WINES:

SANTIAGO RUIZ White wine
LAN CRIANZA 2005 Red wine
LAN RESERVA 2004 Red wine

LAN EDICION LIMITADA 2005  Red wine

LAN GRAN RESERVA 2001 Red  wine

VIÑA LANCIANO 2001 Red  wine

 

FOOD MENU

ACEITUNAS, BOQUERONES & GAMBAS AL AJILLO   Olives, anchovies and king size prawns cooked in virgin olive oil with garlic and chillies

TERRINA DE IBERICO RELLENA DE VERDURITAS Y SU SALSA

Pan fried Iberian suckling pig terrine stuffed with vegetables

arroz cremoso de PATO, JUDIAS Y ESPARRAGOS
creamy rice with duck, beans and green asparagus

RULOS DE LECHAL CON CAVIAR DE BERENJENA

Baby lamb rolls with aubergine caviar

carrilleras de cerdo iberico con emulsion de patata trufada Iberian pork cheeks with potato emulsion and black truffle

SOLOMILLO DE BUEY A LA PARRILLA, Y HIERVAS PROVENZALES CON PASTELITOS DE PATATA Y QUESO Grilled Northern Spanish fillet-steak served with ‘potatoes and cheese’ mini cakes

 

WINE TASTING

The wine-tasting evening for this prestigious ‘bodega’ will commence at 7pm with the serving of canapés and wine. The presentation of each wine and the service of the meal will begin at 7.30pm.  The host will introduce and discuss each wine individually and each will be accompanied by a carefully selected dish designed by chef, Javier Capella to enhance the flavor and character of the wine.

 

VENUE                                                                                                                             

eL fARO Restaurant (Private Function room)

Tlf: 02079875511

3 Turnberry Quay

LONDON E14 9RD

 

PRICE £55.00 p.p. (Limited places. Advanced payment required.)

CALL NOW TO BOOK YOUR PLACE – 02079875511

 

 
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