Girolles, ceps, button mushrooms, coulemelles... Mushrooms are a delight to add to autumn dishes. Mushrooms can be used in an infinite number of ways and are a real source of flavour in everyday recipes. Sliced, porous, spherical, capped or elongated, there are thousands of varieties of mushrooms. From grey to brown, passing through intense reds or blue, they can measure from a few millimetres to several centimetres in diameter and height. It is best to avoid immersing them in water to clean them, otherwise they will lose their flavour as they absorb the water. Instead, use a toothbrush or paper towel to clean all sides of the mushroom. Discover original food and wine pairings with mushrooms.
While preparing to resume its calendar of trade fairs, Vinexposium, the company behind 10 of the world’s biggest alcoholic beverage trade events, partnered with market research agency IWSR and its consumer behaviour child company, Wine Intelligence, to issue a report charting the drinks sector’s road to recovery. For Rodolphe Lameyse, CEO of Vinexposium, ‘the last couple of years have been a game changer for the drinks industry’, with structural transformations in logistics, packaging, product d ...
Brad Pitt and Emmy Award-winning French producer Damien Quintard have worked together to revamp and redesign the Château Miraval recording studio, which has sat unused for nearly two decades. Renamed Miraval Studios, the venue will reopen in the heart of Provence rosé wine country in summer 2022. It marks a rebirth for the illustrious venue, previously known as Studio Miraval, which was built in 1977 by the estate’s then-owner, French pianist and composer Jacques Loussier. Pink Floyd used the st ...
It’s no easy task to establish a super-premium wine in an entirely new region, particularly when inviting potential retail partners or distributors to the vineyard involves journeying to a distant corner of the Himalayas in the outer reaches of the Yunnan province, southwestern China. For my journey, after four flights from Bordeaux to Shanghai, Chengdu then Shangri-La, it was a four-hour drive up through stunning mountain passes to the foothills (here, that means 2,200m above sea level) of the ...
