Awards and citations:


1997: Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Noble Cuvée Award for investigations into Champagne for the Millennium investment scams

2001: Le Prix Champagne Lanson Ivory Award for investdrinks.org

2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

2011: Robert M. Parker, Jnr: ‘This blogger...’:

2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Showing posts with label Netta@90. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Netta@90. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 May 2014

90th celebration meal@Bunrannoch House

Martin Krop

Saturday was the only night we could get everyone together at Bunrannoch House – 16 in all. See photos of the outside od the house and the beautiful surrounding countryside here and here. 

To avoid us having to cook we hired Martin Krop of Delicate Catering (www.inverness-personal-chef.co.uk) in Inverness to prepare and serve a three-course meal. He was most impressed by the facilities at Bunrannoch - professional kitchen, plentilful crockery and glassware and lovely dining room.

We were delighted that the owner of the house, Rita, was able to join us for the celebratory glass of bubbly and the delicious canapés prepared by Martin.

  
 Kelly – Martin's assistant setting the table

 Martin@work and preparation

 Canapés



 Places for 16 around the large table 

Jacky Blot: Triple Zéro, Montlouis – the celebration sparkler



 Cream of sweet potato and red pimento



Chicken towers filled with ricotta and spinach, accompanied 
by mashed potato, white wine sauce and green vegetables 



Wines

Val de Loire 2013 Sauvignon Blanc Villebois 

 2013 Sauvignon Blanc Prestige, Val de Loire, Villebois


 2012 Shiraz, Grenache, Viognier, Zalze, South Africa



 Croissant 'n Butter Pudding with cream

 Another 90th birthday cake 



 Netta – the birthday girl

 Cutting the cake




Saturday, 24 May 2014

90th Weekend@Bunrannoch House

 Entrance to Bunrannoch House

Family get together@Bunrannoch House, Kinloch Rannoch to celebrate Netta's 90th birthday. See earlier post here. We will be 16 sitting down round the big table@the house, which is brilliantly appointed, very comfortable and highly recommended for a large party.  

 


 Views from the house













 Dressed up salmon

 Around the big table (above and below)


 Sunset (above and below)



Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Netta@90!


Special Macintyre day as Netta, Carole's mum, celebrates her 90th birthday – doing brilliantly after a major operation last year. 


Netta: a wonderfully bright and energetic 90!

 At least 70 birthday cards – amazing how few doubles there are, 
which just shows that many more people are living into their nineties



 
Netta with Hughie, the only surviving brother of 
Jimmy, Netta's husband who died in 2011 aged 97

 Our party of 15 had a very good and enjoyable 
I took the excellent lentil soup made with 
ham stock followed by a venison steak – properly rare 

Newtonmore Golf Course – links with a view!
Great weather today!



 Lunches can be a serious business!

 ... but not always




Decorated cake from Harry Gow, excellent bakers in Inverness


The lunch party