White wine and blue cheese

MEMBERS of the Moraira­Teulada

U3A wine­tasting group discovered a new taste sensation at their final tasting of the season, held at the Hill Top in Moraira with six Corcovo wines brought from Valdepeñas by Domingo on his 15th visit to the tasting group.

Describing the merits of the first wine, a new season Blanco Airén, Domingo’s ebullient wingman, Jáveabased Franco, recommended it would be great with the blue cheese from the platter on each table. It was a lightbulb moment for so many present who had

HAVE you ever wondered where all the elements that make up our bodies and the earth and the rest of the universe came from? If current theories are correct, there existed only hydrogen, helium and a little lithium at the beginning of the universe. Where then did all the other elements come from?

The Costa Blanca Astronomical Society are pleased to invite you to the first inperson talk from a profes­ long believed strong cheese should be paired only with red wine. Forty­five tasters ­ including several new members and a couple who celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary at the event ­ sampled the three whites, two reds and one rosado. Three of the bodega’s wines recently won Gold or Silver at the biggest wine­tasting competition in Spain and two of them were on offer. The Goldwinning Moscato white is made from the usually sweet Moscatel grape, which is picked and crushed by night to avoid the high daytime temperatures. The Silver­winning Rosado with its hints of strawberry, raspberry and cherry was described by Franco as being “none of that blush stuff, it’s three of your daily five.”