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Three of the Best – New Wines at Roberson

By Paul Hannagen | Published: February 17, 2012
January and February is always an exciting time in the shop. There are portfolio tastings being held, new wines arriving, and this year there was also the much anticipated launch of Dom Perignon 2003 that my colleagues were lucky enough to attend. To help guide you through all this excitement, here I’m going to take [...]
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Ruinart’s perfect catch

By Paul Hannagen | Published: October 19, 2011
Slow baked trout, mussel vinaigrette, mushroom tart and herb salad. Ingredients 4 x 200g Trout steaks (skin on) Herbs (as below). 500g mussels (scrubbed and de-bearded) 100ml Olive oil 50ml Champagne (or white wine) 30ml lemon juice Seasoning 500g Chestnut mushrooms A clove of Garlic 100g Puff pastry (all butter) 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (optional) Oil Butter Seasoning Frisée lettuce Chives Chervil Tarragon Any other herbs such as coriander and flat leaf parsley Olive oil Lemon Method This is [...]
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Home Cured Salmon and a Great Champagne

By Paul Hannagen | Published: July 20, 2011
Hello all. I’m sorry it’s been a while but it’s a busy existence working at Roberson these days – with fantastic wines and tastings galore, it is a wine enthusiast’s paradise! Recently we had an introduction to Champagne tasting, the one I had been waiting for. Among other top Champagnes on show were Krug Grande [...]
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Scallops with bacon, fricasse of summer vegetables and breadcrumbs

By Paul Hannagen | Published: April 7, 2011
Hello again. I recently tasted a new addition to our Loire section, Domaine Gerard Morin Sancerre 2010. Beautifully crisp and aromatic, with high acidity and light to medium body, a very herbaceous nose with the minerality and citrus fruit one would expect from a good Sancerre, it wasn’t long until I came up with a [...]
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Steak, Chips and a Good Bordeaux

By Paul Hannagen | Published: March 30, 2011
Hello fellow wine bloggers… My name is Paul Hannagen and I am new to the Roberson family. Coming from a restaurant kitchen background into the Roberson fold  I thought I’d share some recipes of mine that will go particularly well with the fantastic wines I’ve tasted in my first few weeks. Recently, I tasted Château Hourtin-Ducasse 2004, [...]
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