Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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Retire to Mexico: How to Have a Wine & Cheese Party
Retire to Mexico: How to Have a Wine & Cheese Party: "Anytime is the right time for Wine Lovers to host a Wine and Cheese paring. There are no Wine Lovers Secrets, once you have selected the win..."
How to Have a Wine & Cheese Party
Anytime is the right time for Wine Lovers to host a Wine and Cheese paring. There are no Wine Lovers Secrets, once you have selected the wines and the cheeses that you plan to serve.
Perhaps the first choice would be to select your wines. The actual amount should be figured at one bottle per guest. This is the total, not each, therefore you want a half bottle of white and a half bottle of red per guest.
Once you have selected the wines to fit the budget, you can make a trip to the local cheese shop to pick up some cheese. Here it is suggested you purchase a quarter pound (4 oz.) per guest, total.
A nice paring could included some, if not all of the following.
Port goes well with walnuts and Stilton Cheese
Sauvignon Blanc or Pouilly Fume with a mild goat cheese
Amcore with Gorgonzola cheese
Cabernet Savigon with chedder
Brunello di Montcleins with chunks of fresh Parmesan cheese,
Sauternes with a nice Roqueford,
Young Merlot with Brie
We do not recommend crackers being served with the cheese as most crackers have their own flavors that can distract from both the cheese and the wine. We recommend that you purchase some fresh baked breads, such as country white, wheat and a nice country style sour dough. Slice these and cut them into small squares. Place these on a small plate next to each wine, with perhaps some grapes or fresh figs. These breads can be used to "clear the pallet" before trying the next wine.
Arrange the table according to the following guide;
White before red
Light before heavy
Dry before sweet, and
simple before complex, richly flavored wines.
The above is a general guide and not hard and fast rules. If you have crackers that you enjoy, by all means use them. Wine can be much more enjoyable when it is an adventure. There are 1000's of different wines and 100's of different cheeses, so made it a "discovery party" and maybe hold them monthly, trying something different each time.
Perhaps the first choice would be to select your wines. The actual amount should be figured at one bottle per guest. This is the total, not each, therefore you want a half bottle of white and a half bottle of red per guest.
Once you have selected the wines to fit the budget, you can make a trip to the local cheese shop to pick up some cheese. Here it is suggested you purchase a quarter pound (4 oz.) per guest, total.
A nice paring could included some, if not all of the following.
Port goes well with walnuts and Stilton Cheese
Sauvignon Blanc or Pouilly Fume with a mild goat cheese
Amcore with Gorgonzola cheese
Cabernet Savigon with chedder
Brunello di Montcleins with chunks of fresh Parmesan cheese,
Sauternes with a nice Roqueford,
Young Merlot with Brie
We do not recommend crackers being served with the cheese as most crackers have their own flavors that can distract from both the cheese and the wine. We recommend that you purchase some fresh baked breads, such as country white, wheat and a nice country style sour dough. Slice these and cut them into small squares. Place these on a small plate next to each wine, with perhaps some grapes or fresh figs. These breads can be used to "clear the pallet" before trying the next wine.
Arrange the table according to the following guide;
White before red
Light before heavy
Dry before sweet, and
simple before complex, richly flavored wines.
The above is a general guide and not hard and fast rules. If you have crackers that you enjoy, by all means use them. Wine can be much more enjoyable when it is an adventure. There are 1000's of different wines and 100's of different cheeses, so made it a "discovery party" and maybe hold them monthly, trying something different each time.
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