London, England
Tasted Sunday, June 5, 2005 by JeffGMorris with 683 views
My travels this week found me arriving in London on Sunday morning with the rare situation of having nothing to do until the following morning. Charles Morgan and I have wanted to uncork a few bottles together for quite a while so this seemed a perfect opportunity. Charles had graciously invited me, as well as Nigel and Sophie Williams, to his home for lunch. What the London crowd calls lunch is quite a feast!
Charles is a wonderful chef and a great host. We were informed that many of the ingredients for today's lunch came from a farm ( can't remember the name ) owned by the Queen ( hence the name of the event ). Unfortunately, the Queen was not minding the farm stand during Charles' purchase as I guess she had something else to attend to!
It's been a long time since I had such a great time as part of a business trip.
As we arrived at Charles' home in the Kensington section of London a glass of Champagne was quickly placed in our hand.
A wonderful way to start the meal with this delicious soup. Very well matched with the wine.
If all terrines tasted this good I would be a big fan of them. Must be the royal ingredients...or maybe just Charles' expertise in the kitchen!
One of the most tender and flavorful pieces of lamb I've had in quite a while, and of course the perfect accompaniment to CDP.
A wonderful runny and ripe Munster, Montgomery Cheddar, Stilton and one other I did not get the name of.
As with all the courses ( other than the cheese ) this was homemade and really delicious. The rhubarb played off the Prum beautifully.
A great gesture of opening this ( potentially ) magnificent wine to end our day together.
5 hours later "lunch" was complete and we all went our separate ways, with smiles all around. Thank you Charles for a great day. It was a real pleasure to meet you, Nigel and Sophie and I hope we can do it again soon.
NV Union Champagne de Saint Gall Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Light yellow in color, this was not a bad Champagne but seemed quite simple with high acid.
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