A Lunch With Friends

[OzPiper]

Had a bunch of friends over for lunch yesterday.

Started off with a couple of German wines instead of the usual champagne


Onto an anchovy tasting with Sherry and a Vin Jaune (from the Jura)


A couple of Italian reds with a mushroom risotto


A cheese course with the Gonzalez Byass Millenium - a Sherry blended with a component from each decade in the 1900s

Finished with a 1976 rhum agricole from Martinique

 

[OzPiper]

Sorry for the lack of pics of the food.
The wines were all good. The sherries were sublime

 

[mso489]

Living large! Sounds spectacular.

 

[OzPiper]

Living large! Sounds spectacular.

Repaying the (recent) generosity of a bunch of mates
Blessed to have such friends

 

[AroEnglish]

I’m not cultured enough to know the differences in what you’ve shown here but I do know it would be a blast to have a wine and anchovy tasting. Oh and that mushroom risotto sounds

 

[OzPiper]

One of my friends who was coming (he cancelled because he had to attend a funeral) is a retired 3-hatted chef.
I decided on the risotto as I had cooked it before and it’s a recipe I wouldn’t stuff up in front of him
No pressure

Most (not everyone) at the lunch are wine professionals or have huge cellars.
The task was presenting wines not only good, but interesting to them.
As well as matching the food