In my last blog I promised to report back on my efforts to remove the taste of corked wine from the glass. The theory goes that you can dip a sheet of cling film into a jug of the tainted wine and stir it around for a few minutes. The TCA chemicals that taint the wine will then stick to the cling film and you will be able to taste the wine without the cork taint.
I did this with my contaminated wine. I took one sniff of the wine and realised that it didn't work. I asked my wife to sniff the wine and she thought that the process had worked. Ten minutes later she concluded that the experiment did not work and we poured the wine down the drain.
We had a bottle of the same wine and vintage in reserve: we opened the bottle and the wine was superb with roast lamb, fresh peas and Ile Noirmoutier Lady Christl potatoes. I must say that the Lady Christl potatoes were excellent and almost as good as the Pembrokeshire new potatoes that I picked as a boy, in South West Wales. Pembrokeshire early potatoes are treat not to be missed and are available from late May, they are best eaten steamed or boiled until they are just soft. They are good enough to be eaten on their own with some welsh salted butter and better still with Sewin, if you can find it ,but beware of poachers as the species is rare and protected.
https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/pembrokeshire-early-potatoes
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/sewin-gets-more-elusive-rivers-1857181
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/808045/protected-food-name-wwcc-sewin-spec.pdf
The island of Noirmoutier is situated in the Vendée region of France on the bay of Biscay and just south of the Brittany peninsular. It's most celebrated agricultural product is the Bonnotte potato which is not cheap.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnotte_de_Noirmoutier
https://www.ile-noirmoutier.com/en/savourer/nos-produits-locaux/potatoes-noirmoutier-island.html
https://www.vendee-tourisme.com/vacances/l-ile-de-noirmoutier/
