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Cream of the Crop
Author: Katie McCarthy8 Jul
On Saturday Carolyn Hart of the Daily Telegraph recommended serving Elderflower ice-cream with our 2006 Muscat de Beaumes de Venise, Domaine de Durban in her article Beauty in the Beast.
If our beloved British summer’s cast as Beast again this year, fear not, you can always coax back those beautiful lazy days of heady floral scents and falling blossom by indulging in this marvellous Muscat, with one of my favourite ice-creams below.
The wine…
Domaine de Durban is located in the hills to the east of Beaumes-de-Venise and is owned and run by Madame Leydier and her two sons. By using 100% Muscat de Frontignan
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3 Responses for "Cream of the Crop"
Indeed the cream of the crop! I love Domaine de Durban’s Muscats as they are so rich yet refreshing at the same time and I was also excited to see your mention of Shanghai Blues – definitely my favourite restaurant in the world, if not London alone! Their Chilean Seabass rolls are exquisite but you can’t mention them without mentioning the Dim Sum they do or their lobster – some of the best food you are ever likely to eat. A perfect night out in a nutshell – don’t miss out!
I tried this and really enjoyed the combination – could you suggest any other wine matches with Ice Cream?
Thanks!
@ Emma
Many thanks for your comment.
Actually, Kathleen Lisson, who is the Editor of a wine and food pairing blog of the same name has written a blog post about this article -
http://kathleenlisson.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-wine-to-serve-with-ice-cream.html
She enjoyed the combination too and also recommends a dessert wine made from the Zinfandel grape over vanilla ice cream. I’ve never tried this combination myself but will give it a go soon – let me know your thoughts if you do too!
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