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Published: January 11th 2006
A 'Barcelona moment'???.... in 1997 I had a 'perfect' moment at a market in Barcelona, sitting at a simple food stall, eating a gorgeous meal with a very nice white wine, food, colour, people, a nice buzz... as I said, just 'perfect'... and could not be planned...
today at Waitari Creek Winery, 30kms or so out of Queenstown, with tastebuds pushing for encounter and having winetasted at a couple of other wineries and eschewed dining at 2 larger, classier wineries, I wound my way down the dirt road to find an old timber church, now restuarant and tasting room. It sits not far from the foot of mountains, with most helpful and friendly staff. My wine tasting found me strongly allured by a 2003 Pinot Noir, an achievement for the wine, as the Pinot Noir (red) is not normally my favourite wine.
I dined on the recommended meal accompaniament (this looks decidely misspelt) - a little bit of a little lamb - and it was lovely, complemented and mutually enhanced by the gorgeous setting, sitting outside, not deterred by intermittent precipitation, peppered with the warmth of the solar one. Reading Haiku, a styled form of Japanese poetry, seemed also
to match the occasion.
It was just gorgeous. Similar to Barcelona, fine food and wine and location and my own mood and maybe the spirit of the day, coming together in a soulful accord.
Photos below may give some impression, hope you can stand the prevalence of my smiling, wine warmed nog in these shots.
cheers
Bernard
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Kate
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HA HA!
Hey! I know what you mean by "A Barcelona Moment". My friends and I defined the "Apple Strudel Principle" - meaning that it doesnt matter where we taste Apple Strudel, it will never be as good as the Strudel we tastes in Munich. Apple Strudle Principle = Guiness In Ireland.... erm... so I know what you mean. heheh Kate www.kateonthego.blogspot.com