This weekend was the Autumn ball a little tradition that we have back in the sticks to see off summer. So monkey and Tenbellies scrubbed up and stuck on their finest threads and dancing shoes for a night of fine food and in the words of friends “a right ruck of ale". A nice surprise was the amount of fine wine we had on offer and more so was the syrah, Simondsig is South African and had me completely taken aback by its deep ruby colour, so much so that I ordered two bottles, it had that great vanilla oak flavour that makes it so more-ish with a hint of spice and accompanied the sirloin very well. Unfortunately it's seems it may not have impressed one guest as a full glass ended up covering tenbellies dress. Which brings me to talc powder, its bloody amazing stuff for careless individuals, as it removes the wine instantly. Forget white wine, soda water or the sap from the Walla Walla tree because this actually works. Why there was some in the restaurant is a whole other story but this stuff works, the only thing was the ladies loo looked like coke heads dream. Sniff sniff.
