Hints and tips:
...He selects a Californian Pinot Noir. I take a glass of Sancerre. “You know this conversation would be a lot more fun if it was off the record,” he says. I have a hunch it will make no difference....
...noir and an ice bucket....
...We get our first taste of Torrontés, a crisp white from the highlands of Salta, and an elegant Silos Pinot Noir, grown by the Estrada family within sight of the Atlantic and cooled by sea breezes....
...The Clay Pigeon tasting flight ($12) comprises a rosé (50 per cent each of Syrah and Pinot Noir), a Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir and a Willamette Valley Pinot Noir....
...So a delicate Borgoletto Soave, a beefy Catarratto di Sicilia 2013 and a white Veronese “biológico” 2012 are joined by Bartoli’s own wine, produced in Tuscany – a zinging blend of Pinot Noir and Sangiovese...
...Our cured kingfish, Spanish mackerel (a firm white fish that is no relation to mackerel) with scallops, and mulberry ice cream rivalled a Two Paddocks 2010 Pinot Noir from New Zealand and were almost a match...
...Fish Frenzy, right on the waterfront, specialises in Tasmania’s highly popular combination of fish and chips with a glass of the local Pinot Noir....
...Alberto went off to pass the order to the kitchen and to fetch a bottle of fresh but fully mature local Fortuna Pinot Noir 2006....
...It was easier to choose the wines than the food: we eventually settled on two Victorian wines, a Tarrington 2004 Henty chardonnay and a Tomboy Hill, Rokewood Junction pinot noir 2002 Ballarat....
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