We were delighted to welcome Jim Nicholson, James Nicholson Wine Merchant , to the school.www.jnwine.com. The Bridgestone Irish Food Guide by John & Sally McKenna in their entry about Jim Nicholson write ‘…the work of Jim Nicholson and his wife Elspeth, is as important to the food culture as the achievement of Myrtle Allen in Ballymaloe’.
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Jim gave a great talk and tasting with a comparative tasting of Sauvignon Blanc from Touraine and Menetou-Salon in the Loire Valley and a comparative tasting of reds from the Southern Rhone, including the famous Domaine de Vieux Telegraph Chateauneuf-du-Pape (owner Daniel Brunier visited the school in 2009).
Learning about Wine at Ballymaloe Cookery School