Campania

Hello, been a while, I seem to have gone all Italian, my work is Italian, my food is Italian, my music choice is Italian & my choice of wine is most definitely Italian, absolutely delicious. Last night I was kindly invited to a Taste of Campania (region in Italy) food & wine matching evening by the fine gentlemen of Passione Vino (suppliers of fantastic wine) where we enjoyed a delicate Prosecco, 2 cracking whites & 2 cracking reds paired with 4 wonderfully traditional plates of Italian food straight from the hills of Campania. The evening was held at a charming little place called Osteria Del Mercato in Leadenhall Market, London, it's the first time I have been there & I will certainly be going back. They had this wonderful painting on the wall, see image above, I love it, it's by Renato Guttuso it just invoked memories of all the wonderful markets I have visited all over the world, the smells, the bustle, the colors, the painting set the tone for a rather pleasant evening.

Back to the wine, the pick for me was the CAIATI, Palagrello 2006 really delicious, rich, vibrant, lovely ripe orange fruit, slight sweetness leading into terrific minerality & crispness. The wine was fantastically paired with buckwheat pasta noodles, clams, tomatoes, mussels & prawns, Scialatielli alla pescatora (In Italian) anyway this wine is a winner & is of course available from the guys at Passione Vino.

I'd like to say thanks again to Luca Dusi for a lovely evening & leave you with a few, as always wonderful pieces of music.

Ciao xx

08 Days of Heaven-The Harvest.m4a

20 Piano Piano.mp3

02 Wine Woogie.mp3