I’m pretty lucky in my line of work. I get to chat to all the wonderful boutique wineries around Australia, encouraging them to advertise with the largest circulating Lifestyle. Food and Wine magazine! I also get to organise events for our lovely members which can include wine tastings and food matching and sometimes we even get to have a celebrity chef come in and cook up a storm for a lucky few who then sit back, taste and enjoy with wonderful, hand picked Australian wines.
My trip out to the Hunter Valley just before Christmas was a little treat as well as getting to chat to beautiful people.
When we stopped in at Peterson House we were greeted by such welcoming staff and shown to our special VIP table for a wine tasting and lunch. Of course we started on the 2008 Pinot Noir Chardonnay and moved through the whites, onto the reds and then a sticky at the end.
We all ordered lunch half way through the tasting and they truly exceeded any expectation I had.
Myself and James ordered the Barramundi fillet pan fried on a panzanella salad of sourdough, Adina olives, grilled capsicum, cherry tomatoes & ripped fresh basil tossed in red wine vinegar & extra virgin olive oil served w a house made aioli. – Amazing and a must for any fish fanatic!
There were four of us at lunch, both the girls had had a massive breakfast so opted for entree’s instead of mains.
One chose the Tempura battered king prawns on a seaweed salad w a fresh mango & coriander salsa (DF)
The other one ordered the Semi dried tomatoes & caramelised onion tart w Binnorie Dairy feta and house made caramelised balsamic (which I didn’t get a photo of) but with a side of amazing polenta fries!
These were absolutely amazing!
We were all so full from our lunch but the lovely girls at Peterson’s decided that we needed cheese to be served with the sticky white right at the end.
All in all an amazing afternoon with great company, food and wine! What more could you ask for?!
