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October 13, 2011 No CommentsWednesday 12th October 2011 Kicked off with a wine tasting in the morning. With Aussie icon David Hohnen – founder of significant Margaret River winery Cape Mentelle but perhaps best known as The Man Who Gave us Cloudy Bay and turned on the tap that led to the deluge of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
David is now in partnership with his brother-in-law and the wines are branded as McHenry Hohnen. I thought the 2010 Calgaradup Brook Chardonnay and the 2006 Tempranillo/Cab Sauv/Petit Verdot the most interesting of the ones I tasted. The Chard, clean and invigorating, with good minerality and a lovely citrus lift in the tail was my favourite.
Spent the afternoon in Cafe Bar H eating Johnny Cooke’s splendiforous and ongoing array of tapas and marveling(as ever) at the appetite of the still-svelte Sonia Reynolds. Thence to Alex at The Conrad for dinner with the aforesaid David Hohnen and the guys fron importers Tindall Wines.
Heard the news during the day of Richard Hannaford’s death. So sad, and my heart goes out to Norah and Dara.
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