Italian Sunday lunch with Ursula Ferrigno: Sunday 6th November

Ursula demonstrating the art of pasta making

Sunday 6^th November  - Autumn around Italy          £30.00

                                                                                                                           

 [Date postponed from October 2nd]

Sweet & sour little onions with sweet black grapes served with Tuscan casa lingala bread

Light & luscious ravioli with herbs and pecorino [ from Sardinia ]

Swordfish cigars with caper and olive pine nuts in a light tomato sauce [from Sicily ]

Roasted vegetable salad with artichokes [ from Campania ]

A  selection of Cheese

Fig and lemon tart

If anyone would like to assist and learn from Ursula in the kitchen, there will be a limited number of spaces available at £30.00 a head.

For reservations, please contact:

Tom King

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London SE1 9NR                   Tel: 020 7928 4554  e-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com

2011 Loire vintage: news from our producers: les Champaults (Sancerre)

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Claude and Laurent Champault with their 2011 Sancerre

Roger Champault et fils: Claude and Laurent Champault

Claude: "We were surprised by how well the vintage turned out because before the start we were worried by rot. We picked the reds first – those of the hillsides (clay and limestone) were healthy, while on the caillottes (pure limestone) there was more rot. The Pinot is around 11.5% potential alcohol with just under 5 acidity, while the Sauvignon is between 12.5-13.5%. Yields – 50 hl/ha for the Pinot and 65 hl/ha for the Sauvignon."

Autumn tasting and dinner dates

 Autumn colours in the Layon Valley

Wine tasting with three course dinner  

Both events start at 7.15pm

 

Part of the cellar...

Monday 10th October ‘Cellar Raid’ £48.65

We will be looking at both red and white wines from our archives from the past two decades including:

1997 Vouvray Sec, Catherine and Didier Champalou

1995 Cuvée Moelleuse, Catherine and Didier Champalou

2000 Saumur Champigny, ‘Terres Chaudes', Thierry Germain

1989 Chinon, Vieilles Vignes, Domaine de la Perrière, Jean & Christophe Baudry

Jean-Paul Mabileau picking Chenin Blanc for Frédérick Mabileau's Saumur Blanc

Monday 21st November  ‘ Touraine East to West’  £48.65

An opportunity to taste some really interesting wines from this attractive region of the Loire including wines from Bourgueil and St Nicolas de Bourgueil as well as exciting growers such as Vincent Roussely and Thierry Puzelat who are lifting the wine making in the region to new heights. Amongst the wines to be tasted are Puzelat’s ‘In Cot We Trust’ and Jean-Paul Mabileau’s 1997 St Nicolas Cuvée Prestige.

For reservations, please contact:

Tom King

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London SE1 9NR                   
Tel: 020-7928 4554  e-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com

Italian Sunday Lunch with Ursula Ferrigno: Sunday 2nd October

Ursula with a tray of tomatoes

Autumn around Italy    £30.00:

Sweet & sour little onions with sweet black grapes served with Tuscan casa lingala bread

Light & luscious ravioli with herbs and pecorino from Sardinia

Swordfish cigars with caper and olive pine nuts in a light tomato sauce from Sicily

Roasted vegetable salad with artichokes from Campania

A  selection of cheese

Fig and lemon tart

If anyone would like to assist and learn from Ursula in the kitchen, there will be a limited number of spaces available – £30.00

For reservations, please contact:

Tom King

RSJ Restaurant

33 Coin Street

London SE1 9NR                   
Tel: 020-7928 4554  e-mail: tom.king@rsj.uk.com