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Last week we again took part in one of Colin's events. A wonderful tasting evening accompanied by some of the best small plated meals (the word "tapa" just doesn't do justice to the wonderful dishes served to us at La Trastienda in Javea's Old Town)!
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Category: Recommendations
Musical Dinner with Paired Wines
Hi Col,
You excelled yourself once more by introducing us to Restaurante Puerto Blanco in Calpe, an inspired choice of venue. We both enjoyed fantastic food and impeccable service complemented by your excellent choices of wine from Bodegas Castaño.
You even managed to persuade Raquel from that bodega to be part of the evening.
Not only that but we were splendidly entertained by the lovely Claire-Marie who sang beautifully and gave us some haunting flute pieces.
The whole evening was very special and your descriptions of each wine were educational and fun. Roll on your next wine and food pairing evening.
Cheers, Mick
Extract from a Client’s letter to a friend following our Musical Dinner with Paired Wines
What a wonderful evening you missed last night . . . .
Extract from a Letter to a friend
20 June 2017
Dear Jody,
What a wonderful evening you missed last night.
From the moment we walked into the beautiful gardens of Puerto Blanco in Calpe we knew we were in for a treat.
We were not to be disappointed. As always Colin presented a perfect match of wonderful wines, this time from Bodegas Castaño ……. with the delicious dishes provided by Philip the excellent chef at Puerto Blanco.
Claire-Marie’s music and beautiful voice were very much the icing on the cake and perfectly matched the ambience of a dreamy summer’s evening.
The end of the evening was tinged with a little sadness as this was to be the last of the season’s tastings. It had been a wonderful year, tasting wines from all over Spain, and we of course had been fortunate enough to attend many of them.
We can’t wait to learn what treats Colin has in store for us for next season, which of course starts in September … watch this space …
Ros
Casa Cantó to blend beautiful music, fine wine, and dinner too!
I so enjoyed the evening . . . . .
| Dear Colin,
I have just subscribed to Claire’s YouTube [Claire Marie Soprano] and will certainly share some of her songs/videos! Well done! Claire has a beautiful voice and I very much look forward to hearing it again, wherever I am! I hope you really enjoyed your birthday and that the celebrations went on all weekend – and are possibly still on-going! I so enjoyed the evening and although I wasn’t drinking the wine, I got such pleasure from everyone else’s enjoyment – only sorry James missed out!
Karina has promised to open the ‘Botos de Barro [the generic name of the wine portfolio tasted] with him so he will at least get a little taste of it after all! I hope that we can sign up again for another event before too long and all very best wishes for a good summer! With kind regards to you both, Sally King Dunnanelly Country House +44 (0)7712 779085 |
