Quintin Jardine's blog

Know what a Sopar Maridatge is? No?  It’s a wine-tasting with accompanying food, in the form of a pica pica, a continuous stream of tapas dishes, appropriate to each wine sampled. The one we attended last night took place in Restaurant Nautic, L’Escala. We tasted eleven, all of  them white, from aperitifs to a pudding wine. It went very well, the only blot being that my good friend Dilwyn turned out to be allergic to almost every course on the menu. Luckily he is definitely not allergic to wine, and declared himself happy at the end of the night. I know what you’re wondering. Swallow or spit? Some of the first, none of the second and about half was poured away. They’re doing another in a couple of weeks;  that will be a red wine night.  Will we go? Maybe, but with a minder.