The secrets from the Chef & Sommelier

Visiting Barcelona is always a very special treat and lot of fun especially with food crazy friends. The last night we went in for the last supper at Dos Palillos the small 1* star tapas bar and tried the 18 curse menu with sake all thru the meal, great combo with the Asian flavours that the kitchen was presenting. Sashimi on chicken was the talk of the evening I must admit, very unusual and no no for every chef to serve raw chicken but what the hell we went all in for this dish of amazing texture and flavour with some added toasted sesame seeds and rock salt. The food was in general very good with some small dips for my taste but worthwhile sitting on the kitchen counter at watch the game go on. Very nice job chefs. Here are some of the food that we hade and thanks to Andreas for taking the bill.

When I look for wines for the Gastro Wine Selection portfolio It is always a pleasure but also some hard work with aching teeth at night but will never complain, It is so much fun and excitement. Some days ago we where trying to find out some interesting new producers from Peru , Uruguay , Portugal and Italy , all great and finely done wines with bold and beautiful characters. The wines from Peru was new to me and I remember tasting some years ago on a wine fair but not more, these new wines from the Tannat grape was exiting showing big nose and lot of expression, nice. I have had problems to understand and to appreciate Portuguese wines, I find them unbalanced, tart and always so very young, same this time, not my cup of wine but I will continue trying to find its soul. Uruguay have gone from great to fantastic in some years but the good ones is very expensive but can match many of the great wines from around the globe, watch out for complex and amazing wines from this sma

Hotel Viking in Helsingborg have some of the cosiest and most beautiful setting of all the hotels in Helsingborg where I reside, the new refurbished rooms offer great pleasure and the staff is just amazing. This is the reason why I keep on doing my wine tastings and lectures here with the helpful hand from the staff, thanks guys for making my life so much easier. Check out their website here http://www.hotellviking.se

Here are a great story about me and the serbian wine of Dolina  http://www.vinopedia.rs/?p=3161