Thursday, August 07, 2014

AMISFIELD


A Queenstown icon for 25 years, known for its award-winning food and wine it’s no wonder that Amisfield was chosen to host the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge when they visited earlier this year.

Part cookbook, part homage to the wonder that is Central Otago, Amisfield: food, wine and stories from Central Otago is Amisfield’s story. 

Created by Amisfield’s talented chef Jay Sherwood the dishes contained within the book range from honey and polenta foccacia to tender slow-roasted lamb, from whitebait to citrus souffle, they are beautiful to look at and exciting to eat. You won’t be surprised to learn that the kitchen at Amisfield uses as many ingredients grown on the properties as possible, like the potatoes planted between the vines or the verjuice created from excess grapes. For the fresh produce they don’t grow themselves they make sure they source it locally. If they can’t they just don’t use it.

But this is not just a cookbook. For those with an interest in viticulture and wine making the book contains information about the award-winning wines created by Dr Stephanie Lambert, Amisfield’s grape growing and wine making philosophy and all the features of the property that make their wines so unique.

Amisfield: Food, wine and stories from Central Otago
RRP: $59.99 - Hardback -  Random House

Fuller review on my food/wine/cookbook blog.

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