Wine and Drinks

Summer time is with us again, this is a great time to look at our offering of Rosé wines
 
VALLE REALE 2006 CERASUOLO, MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO
The Pizzolo family’s winery is perched inside a wild, glacier-carved national park in Abruzzi, on the “calf” of the Italian boot, where the grapes ripen late, just as the first snows dust [...]

This month my recommendations are well suited to the warm, sunny weather that we have been experiencing on the South Coast. 
 Firstly we look at a dessert wine - Icewine.
Icewine
Icewine is a rare dessert wine produced from the juice of naturally frozen grapes that have been picked in the middle of a cold Canadian winter.   At [...]

Recently I have been extremely busy preparing our new wine lists for the group;  we have greatly extended our list and have some really great offerings.  
 
Apart from including quite a few top end wines for that special celebration for example;

Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, Pierre Morey, 2001
Penfolds, ‘Yattarna’, Chardonnay1999
Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, 5 growth, 1993
Vosne-Romanée, Mugneret-Gibourg, 2000

To some more unusual [...]

Please find below the latest of my recommendations. This month I am pleased to recommend Jean-Claude & Didier Aubert’s Vouvray and Jean-Pierre Boisson’s Chateauneuf du Pape…

What better tribute could we, as chefs, pay to the Brice family, than to take the basics of the meny that we had enjoyed so much with them, and prepare it for you, along with a few of our own twists of course!
Many of you will recall that last years we, along with Simon, spent [...]

On Thursday 12th February the new Brasserie at The Chine Hotel - The Gallery was officially opened by the Deputy Mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor Anne Filer.

The Gallery was created as part of the recent refurbishment programme at The Chine Hotel, which sees this historic building, with Victorian architecture, perfectly balancing tradition with the comforts of [...]

FJB Hotels Group launches Boscombe’s new bar and brasserie ‘The Gallery’
 
FJB Hotel Group is celebrating the launch of its stylish new bar and brasserie at The Chine Hotel, located in Boscombe, set in three acres of mature gardens and with views of Boscombe Pier. ‘The Gallery’ is set to become a feature on the local [...]

It has been all change at The Chine Hotel recently, with the ground floor public areas being refurbished, and as part of the changes we have a new wine shop opening on the 23rd January 2009.
The Chine Wine Shop
We would like to welcome you to The Gallery Wine Shop!
Top-of-the-range great value wines, that are very [...]

Welcome to the first of my regular recommendations.  Each Month I plan to feature two wines that are showing particularly well, but are not well known, that go with the seasonal dishes our chefs are preparing.
Polish Hill River Riesling, O’Leary Walker, Australia, 2007 (£29.50)
Intense grapefruit, slate and citrus peel. The perfume is alluring with powerful slate and [...]

Following on from our last Wine Club event, it is The Chine’s turn to host the next wine dinner.
The theme will be Four Chefs visit Australia, and the event will be held on the 26th February 2009.  The price will be £50.00 per person including wine.
 
The menu will be confirmed shortly.
This time we will have Australian wine [...]