We decided to order fish’n’chips to be delivered on Friday from Jersey Farm, Fish, Chips & Kebabs via Deliveroo (which somehow scrambled my house number to a neighbours, so I had to dash out and intercept the deliverer’s moped.)
Anyway, I couldn’t fault my large haddock, nor Joan her cod and each came with a huge amount of chips.
With it we enjoyed
2019 Ara Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand, Marlborough)
2015 Kanonkop Pinotage The Society’s Exhibition (South Africa, Stellenbosch)
Sunday
Aperitif
N.V. Codorníu Cava Selección Raventós Brut (Spain, Cava)
Roast Chicken, roast parsnip & potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli spears, carrots
2000 Cleavage Creek Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Secret Reserve (California, Napa Valley)
The great news is that at 20 years it wasn’t too old. Lively red, browning a little, lively fruit, showing maturation but a lovely drink.
Aperitif
N.V. Codorníu Cava Selección Raventós Brut (Spain, Cava)
Roast Chicken, roast parsnip & potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli spears, carrots
2000 Cleavage Creek Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Secret Reserve (California, Napa Valley)
The great news is that at 20 years it wasn’t too old. Lively red, browning a little, lively fruit, showing maturation but a lovely drink.
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A bit about Cleavage Creek. It was owned by Jeff and Barbara Connor. Jeff told me “Barb’s grandmother is a breast cancer survivor” who developed breast cancer in 1999 and survived thanks to early detection and modern technology.
The Connors were amateur winemakers and they set up the label to support breast cancer charities. The woman on the Cabernet label was a friend of the Connors, and like the women on other labels in the range, a breast cancer survivor.
Cleavage Creek was small production and never sold in the UK but when I contacted Jeff for a label he offered to bring me wines. His full time job was as a United Airlines Captain and next time he flew to London I arranged him to give a tasting to the Central London Wine Society.
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