Season of Soup - Broccoli soup with Torrent Bay Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2008

This soup has caused quite a stir; Imogen and I like it but Erin cannot stand it. And why? Cos’ it’s broccoli and green and tastes like broccoli!! This is a simple one that does not take much time to prepare, and eat at that matter, where all you need is broccoli, water, salt and that’s it!

I saw the 'enfant terrible' Gordon Ramsey dish this up in one of his restaurant re-vamps a couple of years ago (this was when Gordon was popular on the box), and really, like I said previous, it is so simple to cook.

· Broccoli, about three bunches – florets only
· Water
· Salt
· Glass of wine - to drink, not for cooking

All you need to do is boil the broccoli, strain out to another pot. Add the water the broccoli was cooked in while blitzing. Make sure you don’t have it too thick – you don’t want to be chewing it now do you! Add salt to taste. Simple hey?

Now the wine. A lot of people say that you cannot match wine to food that is high in sulphur. These are probably the same people who also say you cannot match food with Sauvignon Blanc. These two points may hold merit, but I am going to rock the boat and say that two wrongs make a right with this one! Broccoli soup with Torrent Bay Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2008.

Located on the northern tip of the south island just west of the capital of Sauvignon, Marlborough. This wine has a very light colour to it, bone straw will do. The nose has very definite hay aromas followed by stone fruits – nectarine. The mouth is similar with grassy flavours, big acid then more stone fruit to follow. After about ten minutes a sweeter feel of passionfruit coming through.

This match is a no-brainer, but not a Susan people!

Torrent Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2008
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