21st September RSJ dinner party – wines and menus

Sign@Domaine de l'Ecu, Guy Bossard

Wines:

Apéritif: Crémant de Loire, Domaine de Nerleux

2006 Expression de Gneiss, Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine, Domaine de l'Ecu, Guy Bossard

2005 Touraine Azay-le-Rideau, Pascal Pibaleau

2005 Sancerre, Cuvée d'Antan, Domaine Henri Bourgeois

Sign outside the Bourgeois tasting room, Chavignol

2006 Les Châtains, Saumur-Champigny, Domaine de Nerleux, Régis Neau

2006 Le Haut de la Butte, Bourgueil, Domaine de la Butte, Jacky Blot

2005 Coteau de Noire, Chinon, Philippe Alliet

2006 Chaume, Coteaux du Layon, Château-Pierre-Bise, Claude and Joëlle Papin

Menu:

Scottish girolles risotto with roast organic salmon

Duo of English free range duck
with potato torte and seasonal vegetables

Tarte Tatin with Creme Chantilly

Autumn 2009 dates for your diaries

Ursula getting to grips with pasta

Ursula’s Italian Sunday lunches: £30 a head

18th October
22nd November
Ursula with be announcing the themes for the lunches very shortly. As usual there will be the opportunity to learn and cook with Ursula preparing the lunch. Limited number of places available – 5 max Cost an additional £30 a head. As these are popular early booking is advised.

Saturday morning cookery lesson with Ursula Ferrigno:

17th October

Cookery lesson with Italian specialist, Ursula, followed by lunch. Places very limited. £85 a head.

The Coteaux du Layon

Wine tastings and dinner:

Monday 19th October - The varied vinous treasures of Anjou including Savennières and Coteaux du Layon.
Anjou has the most diverse and varied range of wines in the Loire ranging from steely, minerally Savennières to sumptuous Layons. Chenin Blanc is the star in its homeland as is Cabernet Franc and, occasionally, its sibling Cabernet Sauvignon. £50 a head

Monday 23rd November - 2008 vintage
A year on from a miraculous vintage how are the 2008 wines actually shaping up?

Plus previously announced:

Monday 21st September 2009: RSJ dinner party.

Details here or here.

To book call Nigel Wilkinson or Tom King on 020-7928 4554 or email tom.king@rsj.uk.com

RSJ dinner party: 21st September 2009

Pouilly-Fumé: Saint-Andelain and its vineyards

Following the rather serendipitous success of our Sauvignon Blanc tasting in May when we were all sat around one large table, we have decided to opt this 'dinner party' format for some of our tastings. We found that this 'dinner party' format worked extremely well and that it encouraged a relaxed discussion making for a very enjoyable evening.

Numbers will be strictly limited and we will be comparing and contrasting the 2005 and 2006 vintages. Wines to be shown will include 2005s: Cuvée d'Antan Sancerre (Henri Bourgeois), Clos du Portail, Vouvray (Champalou) and Coteau de Noire, Chinon (Philippe and Claude Alliet) and 2006s to include La Demoiselles de Bourgeois, Pouilly-Fumé (Henri Bourgeois) and Haut de la Butte, Bourgueil (Domaine de la Butte, Jacky Blot).

Domaine de la Butte, Bourgueil

To book your place, please contact Tom King or Nigel Wilkinson on 020-7928 4554 or tom.king@rsj.uk.com