Chef Ramsay Stings Celebrity Winemaker

[Rebel Rose]

Chef Ramsay Stings Celebrity Winemaker

Singer-turned-winemaker Cliff Richard has been duped into slamming his own wine as 'tainted and insipid' on a TV programme. Richard's nemesis was the outspoken super-chef Gordon Ramsay, on whose show The F-Word Richard was appearing as a guest.

During the recording of the programme, Ramsay gave Richard two wines to taste blind.  Of the second, his own wine Vida Nova from his estate in the Algarve, southern Portugal, he said, 'That's rubbish. I wouldn't pay for that, it's tainted, it's insipid. It tastes like vinaigrette. I'd never buy that.'

'He couldn't even identify his own wine. We are now using it for vinaigrette at Claridges. It's going down tremendously well with the tuna,' he allegedly crowed.

Comments were put forth that Richard had tasted "six" wines previously, and that presenting an expensive wine overchallenged his palate. Hmmm. One wonders how he gets through an afternoon of barrel sampling or blending trials.

[johnsmith45678]

That must apparently be in season two, which I think is about wrapped up (wow, then GR flies to LA to shoot Hell's Kitchen). In season one, GR has a wine critic - or maybe it was the show's resident food critic - taste several wines. IIRC he blew one or two of them.

[SBonner]

I remember tasting Cliff Richard's wine in London last year..nothing special that' s for sure. I think it was about 9 pounds (21$ Cdn) and widely available in Tesco's Supermarket.

Stephen Bonner

Vancouver

Edited June 14, 2006 by SBonner (log)