Adventures in Food and Wine
Looking for a food-friendly white wine for the summer months ahead? If your usual summer choices are Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc, try Vermentino! Vermentino, in general, has more complexity than Pinot Grigio and not the bracing acidity and grassy notes often found in Sauvignon Blanc. Vermentino is produced in a number of different countries and styles. Which Vermentino to pair with shrimp and fresh herb pilaf? Start with Vermentino from Italy….
Hooray, it’s rosé season! The days are getting warmer and longer, who doesn’t want to spend as much time as possible outside! Dinner on the deck or a picnic in the park, these are the days we have been dreaming of all winter. To kick off this new season, I made turkey and salmon sliders and paired them with the newly released 2017 Gran Moraine Rosé of Pinot Noir….
Spring is truly here (at least in Georgia, sorry northern United States), the forest behind my house is green again, and the spring produce is a rebirth of lighter fresher ingredients in the kitchen. The French #winophiles have chosen the perfect spring/summer wine variety, Picpoul for our April theme. (more details for the French #winophiles at the bottom of this post) Picpoul is a fresh, crisp wine that pairs well with lighter spring flavors and seafood like halibut with spring vegetables….
If you haven’t discovered the food and wines of Navarra, northeast of Rioja in northern Spain, they are worth exploring and tasting. What foods to pair with wines from Navarra starts with the region’s local culinary specialties and the wine varieties grown there….
Craving Spring? Whether you are still experiencing the random snow storm (enough already) or like here in the South, one day in the 80’s and the next morning freezing. We are all ready for Spring weather and the fresh lighter foods including the wines we drink that come with those warmer Spring days. If you haven’t tried Verdicchio, a white wine grape variety grown primarily in the Marche region of central Italy, Spring with all the fresh flavors, is the time to open a bottle of Verdicchio….
Breathless Sparkling Wines and Pedroncelli Winery are two women-owned wineries in Sonoma County producing quality, award-winning wines. Their stories are inspiring because they successfully compete in a male-dominated industry.
“There is no question that among the world’s greatest red wines, Rhônes are the most untamed. Their howling spicy, dark flavors can seem almost caged, ready to explode with fierceness. Rhônes are the wine equivalent of a primal scream.” “The Wine Bible” – Karen MacNeil It is obvious from MacNeil’s description of Rhône…
What comes first for you when pairing food and wine, the food or the wine? Do you go to a restaurant and choose your wine first or your entrée? A few weeks ago it was “Open That Bottle Night” #OTBN. (More About #OTBN here ) I had been saving a bottle of 2012 Domaine Jean-Michel…
The Italian Food, Wine, & Travel (#ItalianFWT) group is taking a deep dive into the grape variety Aglianico (alli-yawn-nico) this month. I had never tasted Aglianico before, but in my pursuit to learn more about Italian wines, I signed up for the deep dive discovery. I researched, tasted a few different bottles of Aglianico, and…