Every now and again there are moments that pause the whir of
busy modern life, occasions to savour. One I particularly relished
recently was an unforgettable evening at Glamis castle
with Dominique Lafon, who presented his sophisticated wines, most effortlessly,
to a keen audience of thirty six well-heeled epicureans.
When I first learnt of
the inspired idea, last year, and despite thoughts of all of the huge amount of
work involved (above all for our quite brilliant Events Manager, Catriona
Palmer) I knew it was something I did not want to miss. All concerns of logistics, timings, menus and jobs on the
night dissipated into Forfar’s fresh air the minute the car turned into a long
tree-lined drive, at the end of which Glamis castle sat proudly in all its
splendour. The evening promised to be a special one indeed.