Sarah kneading the pasta

Sarah Ahmed (Portuguese Wine Writer of the Year 2009) and friends headed to the RSJ Restaurant early this morning to help prepare today's Sunday lunch with Ursula Ferrigno.

  This is pasta joke...

Seem to have lost the thread here...

Ursula's amused

Sarah in Sancerre in August 2008

It's that time of December when people devise lists of the best of the year. Wine is no different and here are two lists of best Loire wines tasted and enjoyed in 2010. First from Sarah Ahmed (the wine detective) who selects her top 5. Secondly this from Cathy Shore of the Tasting Room who has chosen their six best of the year.      

I fear Jim's Loire will cop out claiming that I can't make such a short selection, having tasted too many good Loire wines over the course of 2010!

Sarah Ahmed

Sarah Ahmed, one of the Loire judges for the Decanter World Wine Awards and sometimes my Loire travelling companion, has revamped her website and also launched a blog, despite previously declaring that she had no intention of having a blog. Her site can be found here and the blog here. She is the Portuguese Wine Awards Wine Writer of the Year for 2009.