Well, this particular experience couldn't have been better timed.
I paid a visit to Brasserie St. Jacques with Nicolas. It is a wonderful restaurant with attentive staff, excellent wine and food.
After an indulgent starter dish of bone marrow salad, I ordered main of steak tartare, whilst Nicolas order a Coq au Vin. My main was simply incredible - the best I have ever had (even better than my own!).
Along with the meal, we shared a bottle of Carignan (South France) along with a bottle of Badoit.
The Carignan was a lovely wine, which opened up after time to breathe and had a wonderful persistence to it. As a non-wine person, it was a real treat and an insight into how wonderful a good bottle of wine can be.
Now, had I not been anticipating this Saturday's inaugural 'Minerals & Terroir' tasting, this may have never occurred to me - but after I had drunk the Carignan, I'd sip the water. The high level of sodium in the Badoit completely killed off the taste of the wine in my mouth. Since I had been enjoying the combination of carignan and bone marrow particularly, this was a tad annoying - and made me appreciate just how much relevance 'Minerals & Terroir' would have to fine cuisine.
Michael, Roberto & Nicolas
About Me
- Director - Aqua Amore Ltd
- London, United Kingdom
- Michael Tanousis is a free-thinking individual, trying to apply his methodology of open-minded discovery and logic to his business - selling bottled water that is valued by people who enjoy good food and drink. His company, Aqua Amore, sells volcanic water, artesian water, rain water and even the tears of God(s). He believes passionately in restoring belief to a much-maligned natural resource as an important gastronomic product.
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