Fareham Wine Cellar 2012 Portfolio Wine Tasting

Fareham Wine Cellar 2012 Portfolio Tasting @ Lysses House Hotel

2012 is Fareham Wine Cellar’s 21st Anniversary year, and it just so happens to coincide with our biennial Portfolio Wine Tasting. Please fine details of the tasting below. I will add more details as we finalise them. There will be over 150 wines available for tasting.

Tickets are on sale now at the Fareham Wine Cellar.

Fareham Wine Cellar 2012 Portfolio Wine Tasting

Wednesday 24th October 2012
2.00pm until 7.30pm

@ Lysses House Hotel
51 High Street, Fareham

Tickets £12.00 in advance

Clive Wright, the chef at Lysses House Hotel has produced a three course dinner menu for attendees of the tasting. Please find information about exhibitors and the dinner menu below.
As always, please telephone 01329 822733 to place an order or if you have any questions.
 
List of Exhibitors

Baron Philippe de Rothschild – Julien Wallois – Rothschild wines
Berkmann Wine Cellars – Julian Rigotti – Lapostolle, Broglia, Antinori
Burridges of Arlington St. – Edward Burridge – Urbina, Marques de Vargas, Medievo
Champagne Forget-Brimont – Eva Schubert – full range of Forget-Brimont Champagnes
Eaux de Vie – Spirits including Cognac, Gin, Vodka, Whiskies, Armagnac
Hatch Mansfield Agencies – James Wilson – Louis Jadot, Grant Burge, Villa Maria, Champagne Taittinger, Esk Valley, Vidal Estate, Caliterra
John E Fells & Sons – Dominic Small – Torres Spain and Chile, Kendall-Jackson, Symington Family Ports, Trapiche, Guigal
Louis Latour Agencies – Richard Oldman – Domaine Louis Latour, McHenry Hohnen
Maisons, Marques et Domaines – Mark Leveson-Gower – Champagne Louis Roederer, Domaine Schlumberger, Meerlust, Ramos Pinto
Moet Hennessy – Derek Langton – Terrazas de los Andes, Cloudy Bay, Glenmorangie, Ruinart
McKinley Vintners – Guy Nightingale – wines to be confirmed
Peake Wine Agencies – St Helena, Wombat Hill, Alto, Jacobsdal, Le Bonheur et al.
Raymond Reynolds Ltd – Raymond Reynolds – Portuguese Wines, Niepoort
The Wine Treasury – Andrew Wilcocks – Cline Cellars, Jacuzzi Vineyards, Marilyn Wines

Lysses House Hotel Details and Post Tasting Dinner Menu

Please find below a special three course dinner that chef Clive Wright has created especially for attendees of the Fareham Wine Cellar tasting.

To book a table, or if you have any further questions, please contact Lysses House on 01329 822622.
Lysses House Hotel & Restaurant
High Street
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 7BQ, UK
T: 01329 822622
E: lysses@lysses.co.uk

Three Courses £23.50 per person

To Begin
Pea and mint soup served with crispy croutons

Portabello mushroom with courgettes and cherry tomatoes baked with Lyburn smoked cheese

Thinly sliced smoked duck breast with a fennel, walnut and spring onion salad

Trio of home cured gravlax, smoked mackerel and crayfish tails with a wedge of lemon

A mix of Iberico salami, chorizo sausage and thinly sliced Parma ham, served with baby gherkins and crusty bread

To Follow
Roast fillet of pork with roasted yellow peppers, red onion confit, dauphinoise potatoes and red wine sauce

Fillet of salmon set on a base of crushed new potatoes, creamed leeks roasted cherry tomatoes with a sorrel flavoured white wine sauce

Chicken breast grilled over charcoal,with sautéed fennel, celeriac and spring onions, set on a base of horseradish mashed potatoes and served with a chive and red wine sauce

Sirloin steak grilled over charcoal served with pan fried mushroom, tomato and hand cut chips

Fillet of haddock pan fried with sun dried orange zest, set on a base of olive oil mashed potatoes and sautéed mushrooms, finished with a creamy seed mustard sauce

A selection of New Forest wild mushrooms, asparagus and courgettes served in a pastry case with a port wine sauce

All served with a selection of fresh vegetables

To Finish
Hot toffee and date pudding with a fudge sauce and whipped cream

Meringue shell with whipped cream, passion fruit curd and fresh strawberries

Dark chocolate tart served with Lysses vanilla ice cream

Iced banana and praline parfait with a dark chocolate and crème anglais sauce

Light and delicate raspberry cheesecake with a raspberry and vanilla sauce

A selection of cheese and biscuits

Coffee and Petit Fours

A few photos from the tasting.

And much later, Niepoort 1952!

 

 

 

More photos in a slideshow from Pedro Benito of Urbina Rioja,