This month’s Wine Pairing Weekend group is exploring pairings with Oregon wine, and for my contribution, I’m pairing the 2020 Vino Vasai Cabernet Sauvignon with hearty Beef Nilaga. Why this pairing? It all started when we took a day trip from our home in Lodi to Lake Tahoe, hoping to escape the scorching ‘Hot-Tober’ heatwave….
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A Touch of Elegance At Our Holiday Table; 2013 Under The Wire Brosseau Vineyard Sparkling Pinot Noir #WinePW
This month, our Wine Pairing Weekend group, comprised of food and wine bloggers, is delving into the effervescent world of American sparkling wines. Timely and fittingly themed, our exploration aligns perfectly with the season’s spirit of celebration! In My Glass “Our simple yet unique premise is to make California sparkling wines based on an individual…
2017 Can Descregut Corpinnat Brut Nature Reserva + Spanish Inspired Appetizers! #WinePW
I found myself gravitating toward and trying wines from producers who jumped off the DO Cava ship… This month the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers will be exploring Spain’s famous sparkling wine – Cava! The origins of Cava lie in the winemaking area of Penedés, the most important viticultural area within the larger Catalonia D.O. The…
Franco-American Wine and Cheese Pairings That Span The Globe #WinePW
The them for this month’s Wine Pairing Weekend crew is “Pairing Wine and Cheese”. Here’s a link to our host Cam’s invitation post When it was time for me to start my “research” for this post, we happened to have some Cypress Grove Fog Light Goat Cheese in the fridge. I don’t know about you,…
Surfing and Turfing with Livermore Valley Wines #WinePW
This month, the Wine Pairing Weekend (#winePW) group of wine and food bloggers is sampling Livermore Valley Wines and pairing with food. Disclosure: Wines were provided as a media samples. No other compensation was involved. All opinions are mine. Livermore Valley Wine At A Glance Livermore Valley has a long history of winemaking that dates back…
2017 Theopolis Vineyards Petite Sirah + Kare Kare #WinePW
This month the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers will be exploring Petite Sirah and Petite Sirah wine and food pairing. Our host this month is Wendy of A Day In The Life On A Farm. About Petite Sirah (“P.S.”) For the uninitiated, here’s a quick 411 on Petite Sirah (“Peh-teet sear-ah”) Created by in France by François Durif,…
2019 Palazzo Tronconi ‘Fregellae’ + Cicchetti #WinePW
Italy has the world’s richest variety of individual wine styles, distinctive terroirs and indigenous grape varieties The World Atlas of Wine, 7th Edition The mission for the Wine Pairing Weekend group of writers month? Find a bottle of wine made from a grape variety you haven’t tried before. Even for a wine geek like me,…
lnvitation: Wine Pairing Weekend Explores Zinfandel #WinePW
The theme for this month’s Wine Pairing Weekend (#WinePW) is Zinfandel – America’s Grape! Each of our writers will find a Zinfandel wine(the wine should have at least 75% zinfandel grapes) and pair it with food. About Zinfandel First why “America’s Grape? I’ll let none other than Paul Draper, who along with Robert Mondavi and…
Lodi Locavore Living #WinePW
Living in Lodi makes it easy to be a locavore!
Exploring Mexican Wine Beyond Baja #WinePW
This month the Wine Pairing Weekend group is tasting Mexican wine and offering food pairing to boot! My first introduction to Mexican wine was in 2017, while on vacation in Nuevo Vallarta in Baja. While there, we tried the Pinot Noir pictured below and a Syrah, also from Baja. The wine was recommended by the…