COPENHAGEN: The first two months of the Game and Forest season have been opened for reservations at Noma. The website is accepting reservations for tables in October and November. But the announcement comes with an important caveat and one which shows how difficult it still is for ‘destination’ restaurants that mainly depend on international travellers to fill their seats at the restaurant. The restaurant warned guests that they expect travel restrictions for people travelling outside of Denmark to continue. The Game season will run from 13 October to 19 December. The restaurant is taking reservations only up to the end of November. “As we are expecting significant travel restrictions in the coming months we will be making frequent use of our waiting list when we reopen.” Most of the bookings and availability are for tables of 4 or larger. Currently Noma is open for the summer season which runs until 3 October. Last week the chef of Noma, René Redzepi, who also … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2020
Cabernet Sauvignon day marked by release of Director’s Reserve from De Toren Private Cellar
Stellenbosch winery De Toren Private Cellar, one of the first South African estates to produce high-end Bordeaux style red wines has released the Director's Reserve on the occasion of the International Cabernet Sauvignon Day which falls on 3 September. De Toren Private Cellar is a boutique winery specialising in Bordeaux-style wines and is situated on the Polkadraai Hills, overlooking the picturesque Stellenbosch in the Cape, South Africa. De Toren was one of the first-ever South African wineries to produce Bordeaux-style wines and the very first to ever make use of a gravity-fed cellar. The farm is renowned for meticulous attention to detail when it comes to nurturing its vineyards to grow the perfect berries, and for making wine through the softest and gentlest of processes. Cabernet Sauvignon features prominently in the first signature blend, the De Toren Fusion V, that the estate ever produced and continues to craft to this day. With an initial release in 1999, De Toren … [Read more...]
Dinner in the Sky in Brussels goes 2.0
BRUSSELS: Dinner in the Sky goes 2.0 for 2020 with the new generation platform. This is the first time that the new platform for Dinner in the Sky is being used in Brussels. The new platform has been called Dinner in the Sky 2.0 and is certainly more 'COVID-19 proof'. Instead of a communal table, the 'hanging' platform will host 32 people sitting at tables of 4. They will be served a 'Michelin starred' dinner 50 metres above the ground. Tables are separated by at least 3 metres ensuring there is enough distance and they are set around a large central kitchen. Chefs and their teams have more space to move around and mingle with guests. Dinner in the sky is a considered to be one of the most surrealist events in the international gastronomy scene. The Brussels edition will be organised in the second part of September. It takes place in the heart of the Belgian capital in Place de Brouckere, just opposite the Hotel Metropole. The hotel, an icon of the city, closed its doors earlier … [Read more...]
Fritz Miesbauer, winemaker for the city of Krems is winegrower of the year
KREMS: Stift Göttweig, a Benedictine abbey stands proudly across from Krems on the south bank of the Danube. Monks have been cultivating wine on the abbey’s 26 hectares of vineyards for almost 900 years. The winegrowing estate was outsourced in the early 1980s, and in 2006 a consortium of wine enthusiasts assumed responsibility for cultivation. It's fortunes had been waning, just like those of the wine in the Austrian city of Krems. Then, they decided to put Fritz Miesbauer at the helm, taking the reins not just of the city's wines but also the Stift Göttweig. Today, 14 years later that decision has been rewarded. The winemaker has become the toast of Austria as falfstaff magazine has named him Winegrower of the Year. The changes were not just cosmetic. While the winemaker upgraded the label to the unforgettable label motif: the world-famous ceiling frescos from Paul Troger from 1739, the wines inside also began a steep ascent. They emerged as emerging as classically … [Read more...]