Linda Domas

We recently went to the Linda Domas Wine Tasting Evening at the Harbour Heights Hotel. Linda is a quite controversial wine maker from Australia, in that she chooses techniques and locations not normally preferred by winemakers. The hotel overlooks Poole Harbour hosted a 3 course dinner to complement her wines.

Starter
Fois Gras
2005 Vis a Vis Voignier/Chardonnay

Main
Fillet of Scottish Beef
2005 Boycat Merlot

Dessert
Cheese
2005 Top Hat Grenache

We arrived to a champagne reception of olds, eventually located a table down the back with our-age folks and tucked in. The starter was amazing, but then Voignier is one of the few white wines that I like. The merlot was distinctive plum and voilet tasting, which went well with beef fillet. I wouldn't put cheese with a deep grenache and made the merlot taste very insignificant. After that it all went a little wrong for Linda and her viticulturalist Steve Brunato, a no-holds-barred discussion from her on the merits of cork vs screwtop produced some rather blue language for the olds and she had to tone it down on suggestion of the restaurant manager.
My birthday arrived at midnight together with a suprise stash of merlot, left over from mains, Linda and Steve started the drinking games in the bar shortly after that. Needless to say, on this first occassion we forgot the baked beans and lots of cheap wine, and drunk shed loads of very gorgeous wine instead. Happy hangover to me. And that is how it started. Since then it has been my mission to educate our palates in the art of fine wine, this has meant hours googling wineries and foodie website....life is hard isn't it.
So I hope you enjoy my blog. Try out the recepies, and some different wines of your own.
And let me know what you think.