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It was worth staying awake through a two day training course on such riviting subjects as irrigation, hydrology and soil management because I picked up some great tips for growing two essential ingredients of red wine - Chillis and Tomatoes !!

Never again will I:

* Water my chill or tomato plants in the dark (Plants shut down at night and actively drink in the day, proably triggered by sunlight).
* Water them while its windy (The plant shuts down and won't drink)
* Overwater my plants and saturate the soil (Essentially the plants shut down and cannot take in water. They actually go into stress when you saturate the soil because there is no oxygen left (an essential component they ned to extract water from the soil))

Yawwnnnn....

I don't understand, how are chillis and tomatoes and essential part of red wine drinking ?

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand, how are chillis and tomatoes and essential part of red wine drinking ?

Yeah, ok, sorry about that.

I like cooking, and I find that food with lots of tomato flavour enhances many reds (especially Cab Savs). And I find chillis go well in tomato dishes (same as garlic)... Just personal preference I suppose

Tomato and chilli are usually a nightmare with red wine.

Anonymous wrote:Tomato and chilli are usually a nightmare with red wine.

What a load of crap.

Chili is a clean heat and as long as the red is not to tanninic and has lots of fresh fruit, they go very well together.

As to tomato, what about all those tomato sauces the Italians put on their pasta - and what do they drink with them? Red!

Even slow roast tomato and raw tomato in salads are fine.

Anonymous wrote:Tomato and chilli are usually a nightmare with red wine.

Perhaps when you bite into them raw , try mixing them in with the meat.