My dining companions for the evening included Helen Yee (Grab Your Fork), Ling (Foodie Ling), (The Smiling Foodie) and Berny Chan (I Only Eat Desserts). Oh, and Katie Quinn-Davies (What Katie Ate).
Convincing the wine stewards to let me take a squiz at the bottles was a matter of the quick or the missed chance.
The Bethany 2012 Riesling was delicious. A green apple & flinty mineral nose, led into a bone dry palate and lingering lip smacking flavour.
- Macro Meats Kangaroo sliders with blood plum ketchup;
- Rosella and rhubarb glazed heritage pork belly, aniseed myrtle, AMJ pink lady apple;
- Coffin Bay oysters, apple ponzu and crisp chicken skin;
- Chickpea tagine fritters, Coriole pistachio labneh and sumac onions.
To ease the wait was Turkey Flat GSM with a bright primary red currant nose and a darker Mourvèdre purple fruit back palate. It finishes dry, with gentle tannin and lingering earthiness.
Schild Est Shiraz was also on offer but would have suited the venison best.
Visually appetising, the house made saffron pasta was somewhat of a deconstructed lasagne.
- Adelaide Hills strawberries, finger limes, buttermilk panna cotta, scorched meringue, basil creme fraiche;
- Woodside swag (cheese), beetroot caramel, roast baby beets and brioche;
- Pear frangipane tart, pear-bourbon gel, almond and ginger granola.
To finish the dinner was a Hartlandia moscato, ripe with the flavour of grated gala apple, and with a slight kero flavour that lingers, with sweetness and stinging fizz.
It was a delicious dinner with fantastic company of other foodies from all over Australia and even the world. Words To Go certainly is an important precedent as the first blogger program offered at the same time as a major festival.
Author attended as a delegate of the Tasting Australia Words To Go conference, all food and drinks were provided for free, however, as always, this is my honest opinion.
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