Comments on: Che bigolo! A sexy pairing with Pierre Péters

By: tom hyland

tom hyland — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:27:08 +0000

I’ve never had the Rosé from Pierre Peters, but have loved their Blanc de Blancs. Based on that (and your recommendation), the Rosé must be great! I’ll look for it.

By: April

April — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:00:42 +0000

J-

We could not have enjoyed the food, wine or the company more! Thanks for a great night together. Looking forward to doing it again very soon.

April

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:51:52 +0000

it’s amazing that something seemingly as simple as pasta can have nuances, variety, and complexity similar to something like wine. Fascinating!

By: Do Bianchi

Do Bianchi — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:40:53 +0000

@Adrian sounds like you’re working on a novel call “the art of zen and the cobb salad.” Who invented that salad anyway? ;-)

@Alfonso pasta fatta con la farina saracena is one of those things like polenta… it was once considered a sign of poverty and now is sign of chic… incredible how the world turns, no?

@Simona do I sense a blog post coming? I hope so… :-)

@SB you nailed me: I actually took that picture of April and Craig at TexSomm in Dallas… That Péters was smoking good…

thanks everyone for reading and the comments!

By: SB

SB — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:28:06 +0000

Nice shot of Craig & April. You managed to get Fred Dame in the background too.

Haven’t had the Rose, seems unusual as they are a Chardonnay specialist from Le Mesnil, but I’m sure it’s great. If you get a chance to try the Cuvee Speciale don’t miss it. It comes from a vineyard contiguous to Clos de Mesnil and is a fraction of the price.

By: Simona

Simona — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:52:20 +0000

Making pasta with buckwheat flour is on my list of things to do. I hope that during the Holidays I get some free time to make such experiments.

By: Alfonso

Alfonso — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:58:34 +0000

I remember going into a alimentari in Calabria in 1977. We were young Birkenstock vegetarians. Whole grains, organic veggies, no meat. Totally antithetical and against the grain of “forward looking” Italy in that time. I was in a part of the store where the pet food was and at the bottom of the shelf there were sacks of whole wheat pasta. The sacks had printed on them something like “for animal use only, not for humans.”

My, how the pendulum has swung back, thankfully.

By: adrian

adrian — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:08:18 +0000

“Anyone who’s really into wine will tell you, the more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.”

…so true. As an exaggerated metaphor, Italian wine is like a Cobb Salad: the more you eat, the more of it keeps appearing. It never ends.