{"id":17,"date":"2009-11-29T01:39:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T14:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2010-01-31T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T06:47:28","slug":"what-is-park-hyatt-sydneys-nick-caraturo-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/what-is-park-hyatt-sydneys-nick-caraturo-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Park Hyatt Sydney&#8217;s Nick Caraturo drinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5161388013621688\";\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/travography.com\/showsell.html\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\n\/\/2007-02-08: Traveloscopy Story Banner 468\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"8406711044\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"063E3F\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"6F6F6F\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"78B749\";\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sydney.park.hyatt.com\/\" imageanchor=\"1\" 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>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the arrival of new executive chef, Andrew Kee, Park Hyatt Sydney's sommelier, Nick Caraturo, has been busy updating the wine list to match Andrew's adventurous new flavours.<\/p>\n<p>\"The menu is like a wild horse galloping off into the distance,\" remarks Nick with a casual nod toward the kitchen, \"but my wine list moves at a much slower pace.\"<br \/>\nSince my last visit, Nick has added some interesting reds for summer including an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliverstaranga.com\/\">Oliver's Taranga Vineyard<\/a> '07 Cadenza Grenache.<\/p>\n<p>\"I love the jammy, cooked fruit flavours and it's beatufully soft with light tannins and acid.\"<\/p>\n<p>And if you're looking to challenge your palette, Nick has added a rich '06 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kangarillaroad.com.au\/\">Kangarilla Road<\/a> Primitivo (aka Zinfandel).<\/p>\n<p>\"This is a really full-bodied wine that is almost at 'fortified' strength (16%). It's from the McLaren Vale region, where winemakers are re-inventing this unusual grape.\"<\/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>&amp;bar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Nick's Tips for Summer Drinking:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\"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 - and don't be afraid to chill it first.\"<\/p>\n<p>Nick also recommends storing your half-finished bottles of red (if you have any) in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>\"Refrigeration slows down the oxidisation so you can keep it longer after opening. Not a problem I have at my place!\"<br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n- 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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hotels-and-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monolith.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}