Concrete and Clay

This is a call to you all to boycott seedless grapes. Following on from the classic recipe series featured on-line, have you ever wondered why seedless grapes look different to the seeded variety? The answer is that they are unripe, tasteless and far from the real thing.

Grapes should not have a firmness about them and they should have flavour and above all natural sweetness. In the northern hemisphere, from August to October, grape harvests take place all around Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Corsica harvests in mid August while in Alsace and Britain it is in early October.

In your local grocers and not in supermarkets, one can find red or white Italia seeded grapes. These are the most common and although the most commercial, the sugar levels are high. Some choose to crunch the pips, others spit them out: grape seed oil has many beneficial properties. White and red muscat are among the best table grapes. Their natural taste and sugar levels this year are very high. A top French chef did not have to add sugar to his red grape sorbet, such was the high sugar content. Chasselas grapes are also one to watch out for. In tastings, people with untrained palates will opt for seedless for the ease of eating them but they are missing out. This year's wine vintage should be good too!

Try for yourselves before the season finishes and once and for all, boycott sensi.