Author: Colin

WINES PRESENTED AT RESTAURANTE MARHABA FOR THE ETHNIC CUISINE MEETS SPANISH WINES EVENING

Following a request from those who attended the first in the series, Ethnic Cuisine Meets Spanish Wine – A Marriage Made In Moraira, here is a list of the wines we enjoyed so much with the Moroccan Specialities:

1. Acantus Rosado, VdlT Castilla La Mancha

2. TerraNova, Verdejo, DO Rueda

3. Nodus, DO Utiel-Requena

4. Caramimbre, DO Ribera Del Duero

5. Lopez de Haro, Crianza, DOCa. La Rioja

NB All wines available at Bodegas Jose Luis Blasco, Teulada Industrial Estate.

See you at the next event in the series: Restaurante Bajul, Indonesian Cuisine, Wednesday 16th May – fully booked, sorry!

And/or the final event in this series, where we still have some places available: Restaurante Himalaya, Nepalese/Indian Cuisine, Tuesday 29th May.

Please e-mail colin@colinharknessonwine.com for further information and to reserve!

Comment received after the first in the series: Ethnic Cuisine Meets Spanish Wine – A Marriage Made In Moraira

dear colin

thanks for organizing a wonderful  evening yesterday. We enjoyed it very much.
may be, when organizing a new event ( opera?) we will join again.
regards
gert en jarien bouwkamp

Ethnic Cuisine Meets Spanish Wine – A Marraige Made In Moriara! Comment received after the first in the series.

Hi Colin
Just a quick note to thank you for organising the Wine Tasting at the Marhaba.  We had a super time with good food and some very interesting wines.  It was particularly interesting to see how the food brought out the different flavours within the wine and vice versa.  A very successful evening from all the comments we were hearing both at the table and as we chatted outside the restaurant on leaving.  I do hope that the owners were as pleased with how the evening went as we all were.
Also to confirm the booking that we made for the next Tasting at Bajul;  6 people, please!
Colin and I are only sorry that we can’t make the evening at the Himalaya, but please keep us up to date with all that is going on.
With very many thanks.
Saludos,
Sue

Received (with thanks of course!) after the first in the series: Ethnic Cuisine Meets Spanish Wines – A Marriage Made In Moraira!

On May 3rd we assembled a group of 13 friends to enjoy together the first of Colin Harkness’ ethnic food and wine pairing evenings. What a super idea – and what a super evening. This first event was at Marhaba, a Moroccan cuisine restaurant on the Moraira/Calpe coast road. I have often wondered what wines to serve with good Chinese, Indian or other ethnic dishes. Well this event certainly pointed us in the right direction!

 

Under Colin’s guidance we tasted 5 different North African dishes, each paired with a different Spanish wine – wines from Rueda, Ribera del Duero, Rioja and more. The Denominations may not be new to us, but each of the wines certainly was. And each did exactly what Colin promised and complemented the dish with which it was partnered perfectly.

 

I regret that Kathy and I have to miss the Indonesian event in two weeks time – BUT most of our friends from May 3rd are booked. And we are already booked for the Indian pairing planned for May 29th. At no more than €18 what better way to spend an evening with a nice crowd of like minded souls.

 

Andrew Johnson

 

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