BBQ pork ribs, red Afrikaner wine and liming in the Caribbean

Spending time in the UK,7 years personally, most of us got influenced by the grilling and bbq gettogethers'  scent, taste and backyard party mood in the garden. I also remember how much the neighbours were hating us...when we built our cover over our garden so we had parties from Friday evening to Sunday morning every weekend, without worrying about summer or winter.

Best place to grab some nice creole food, pay after the weight of your plate!
Relish on the Avenue in Port of Spain, Trinidad,West Indies

On these garden parties  all of us can become chefs, little sommeliers, using home made spices, seasoning, creating our own food on our own way to our own taste, bringing wines and all sort of nasty spirits. But the main idea basically always were how to get mashed up at home among friends while summer is on for 2 days in England.

Let sail away from England now, as I moved to Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies.
While I was in Trinidad, at November 2010, my brother in law Hugo took us out for liming ( partying ) with friends on the infamous and loved Avenue in Port of Spain.
We had some rum shots strong like dragon's mouth wash, it is my opinion but those Angostura  rum shots were way too fiery for my taste - you can blow fire after that gear, trust me! Dancing partying as the locals call it: liming, is a serious business, you need to look and care about your body. These Trini guys can drink, I am telling you, they are serious party rockers.

Hugo bought us some BBQ pork ribs from one of those favourite little street vendors selling the most amazing and tastiest  street food in the world, only in POS-Trinidad. The food's every bits were home made, I guess even the pig was fed on mangoes to make the pork ribs so luscious, as his seasoning and BBQ sauce were home made, too strong,juicy and sweet, flavours of heaven.

Chef Aunty at Relish, makes the best BBQ pork tails I have ever tasted !

If you are looking for a good BBQ sauce to make at home to your grill parties, here is a link:http://simpledailyrecipes.com/10056/a-manly-barbecue-sauce-itll-put-hair-on-your-chest/ - use that Angostura dark rum so add a bit of Caribbean to it.

For  BBQ pork ribs I would like to offer you a nice bottle of South African wine, Solms Astor Langarm 2011 - marriage of Pinotage 35%, Touriga Naçional 22%, Shiraz 22%, Mourvèdre 21%, a well balanced beautiful fruity wine, with sweet tannins and nutty undertones. Really nice blue berry notes in the nose, notably complex, strong entry in the mouth with plummy notes, the Pinotage is there to add some smokey flavours, while the Touriga Nacional and Shiraz with the Mourvedre hands over the black fruit notes, spicy flavours with leather undertones. Nice tannins and solid acidity works great with higher alcohol level, it is a beautiful wine, a great backyard let s get mashed up BBQ party starter, just be careful do not let the Afrikaner juice knock you out too early before the ribs get ready!

I will contact the winery to have this beautiful Longarm wine in my collection when I am returning to the Caribbean, so watch out, we are going on the Avenue for some BBQ pork ribs or pork tail...and BACCHANAL!