{"id":6530,"date":"2009-11-28T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/what-is-park-hyatt-sydneys-nick-caraturo-drinking\/"},"modified":"2009-11-28T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T11:10:00","slug":"what-is-park-hyatt-sydneys-nick-caraturo-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/11\/what-is-park-hyatt-sydneys-nick-caraturo-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Park Hyatt Sydney&#8217;s Nick Caraturo drinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sydney.park.hyatt.com\/\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sydney.park.hyatt.com\/hyatt\/images\/hotels\/sydph\/gallery_21.jpg\" width=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>With the arrival of new executive chef, Andrew Kee, Park Hyatt Sydney&#8217;s sommelier, Nick Caraturo, has been busy updating the wine list to match Andrew&#8217;s adventurous new flavours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The menu is like a wild horse galloping off into the distance,&#8221; remarks Nick with a casual nod toward the kitchen, &#8220;but my wine list moves at a much slower pace.&#8221;<br \/>Since my last visit, Nick has added some interesting reds for summer including an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliverstaranga.com\/\">Oliver&#8217;s Taranga Vineyard<\/a> &#8217;07 Cadenza Grenache.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love the jammy, cooked fruit flavours and it&#8217;s beatufully soft with light tannins and acid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re looking to challenge your palette, Nick has added a rich &#8217;06 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kangarillaroad.com.au\/\">Kangarilla Road<\/a> Primitivo (aka Zinfandel).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a really full-bodied wine that is almost at &#8216;fortified&#8217; strength (16%). It&#8217;s from the McLaren Vale region, where winemakers are re-inventing this unusual grape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perfect for sitting back and enjoying with the <a href=\"http:\/\/sydney.park.hyatt.com\/hyatt\/hotels\/entertainment\/lounges\/index.jsp#4023\">Friday and Saturday night jazz<\/a> in the harbour<b>kitchen<\/b>&#038;bar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Nick&#8217;s Tips for Summer Drinking:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pinot Noir is getting boring, so try a locally grown Temporillo. There are more and more goods ones available now with fresh, crisp raspberry and cranberry flavours &#8211; and don&#8217;t be afraid to chill it first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nick also recommends storing your half-finished bottles of red (if you have any) in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Refrigeration slows down the oxidisation so you can keep it longer after opening. Not a problem I have at my place!&#8221;<br \/><i><br \/>&#8211; Roderick Eime reports on hotels and resorts for <a href=\"http:\/\/hmawards.com.au\/\">HM Magazine<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the arrival of new executive chef, Andrew Kee, Park Hyatt Sydney&#8217;s sommelier, Nick Caraturo, has been busy updating the wine list to match Andrew&#8217;s adventurous new flavours. &#8220;The menu is like a wild horse galloping off into the distance,&#8221; remarks Nick with a casual nod toward the kitchen, &#8220;but my wine list moves at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}