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Sat 07 Jul 2010Wexford delight
Wexford strawberries and a classic Normandy apple pie. Yum, writes EOIN HIGGINS
‘IT CERTAINLY LOOKS like broken glass.” This is not the best thing to hear from your dining companion as you hold your glass of wine up to the light. There were foreign bodies in my Chablis Pinson 2005 (€6). Unable to determine what exactly we were looking at, I asked for an empty glass from our waiter, poured the remaining wine into it and dipped a finger in the foreign matter. It was hard, very fine, and sparkled in the light. I was still thinking, while praying to the contrary, that it could be ground glass when the manager arrived and said “Tartrates”, with a knowing smile.
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