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Nature morte automnale, one of the eight courses comprising the Burgundy Menu, was less auspicious than delicious as the signature dish of an event heralding The Renaissance of the French Vineyard. But the trompettes de la mort were savoured rather than sounded at the two-day annual festival of food and wine held at Raymond Blanc’s Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons near Oxford on Monday and Tuesday 21–22 November. The event – supported by Sopexa, which offered members of the paying public and the trade the opportunity to taste more than 60 ‘Absolutely Cracking Wines from France’, as well as by corporate sponsors such as Spiegelau and The Sunday Times Wine Club – largely met Blanc’s objective of showcasing ‘the creativity, dynamism and excitement across four great French vineyards’: Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon. ...
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