Making this roasted beet pesto again tonight!

Great way to use up beets that are starting to look a bit tired.

We paired it with a good Mexican Merlot shown in the picture, the first time we cooked this up.

https://cookingchatfood.com/beet-pesto/

#recipes #wastenot #foodies #vegetarianrecipes #beets #winepairing #merlot #Mexicanwine

Friends I'm in need of advice, I ask you to help me with my evening plans because I'm having trouble pairing my selection of wines with this particular movie. I'll also be enjoying a bag of jalapeno flavored Cheese Puffs.
It's quite difficult for me to pair gratuitous nudity with fine wine so please help if you have experience as a sommelier even if you aren't actually certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas. Thank you in advance.

#Sommelier #SommeliersOfMastodon #WinePairing

Spontaneous food and wine pairing is often the most fun.

We ended up getting dumplings (jiaozi) and steamed buns (baozi) at 4 AM in Beijing -- and brought a pair of bottles from Club Dada to enjoy with those treats.

A Chardonnay-Semillon minimal intervention wine from Margaret River and a Sangiovese from Emilia Romagna. As expected, how well the wines matched was tied to what kind of dipping sauce we used, with all kinds of ratios of soy sauce, chili oil, vinegar and more.

In any case, we were diligent and finished all the food and all the wine.

#wine #winetasting #winelife #winepairing #china #chinawine

This week the #WorldWineTravel writers are are looking Beyond Malbec from Mendoza. That means they can share a different variety from Mendoza or a Malbec from somewhere else. For my offering, I shared Bleu Cheese Sliders + 2019 Pasarina Malbec from Patagonia.
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https://www.culinarycam.com/post/patagonia-malbec
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#WinePairing #PatagonianWines #ArgentinaWines #Burgers

Last weekend I enjoyed hosted an event focused on BIPOC owned wineries for our Wine Pairing Weekend blogging group.

Here's my featured pairing: Jerk Chicken Pasta with "Bottoms Up" Riesling based blend from Willamette based Maison Noir Wines.

The article has the recipe & links to an interview I did with winery owner & nationally recognized #sommelier, André Hueston Mack.

https://cookingchatfood.com/jerk-chicken-pasta-recipe/

#wine #blackownedbusines #recipes #winepairing

Todays' Three Stories: Scotch Squabble, Wine and Chill & Biking Beer.

Don't forget Tomorrow's Drink Wine Day!

https://youtu.be/ZTGl7sWay3c

#scotch #barrel #wine #winepairing #beer #mountainbike

For 10 years, I have wanted to do something wine-related at a White Castle. In fact, when a high school classmate won a lifetime supply of sliders, I reached out to him about it and he put me in touch with WC Corporate, but they wanted a lot of legal requirements met and script approval. Script approval?!? Anyone who has ever been to any of my events know it's pure improv. So unfortunately that never happened.

Last night, I found myself in a White Castle (by design) for their Valentine's Day "Love Castle" annual promo. I brought a Love Red from Broc Cellars for my pairing experience. Bonus -- no corkage!

It was fun. It was a better 'holiday' dining experience than some places provide on a Valentine's Day or other such slammed service day. The staff was genial and I felt a lot of love in that room...couples, groups, families. There was a Dad at a nearby table who kept wistfully eyeing my bottle, but I only have so much Love to give! #wine #winepairing #whitecastle #valentinesday

Today's 3 stories: Brewing Beer, Pizza Wines, & Pineapple Scotch Whisky
https://youtu.be/pgf26Qm8n58

#brewing #pizza #winepairing #scotch #whisky

The #ItalianFWT group is looking at wine pairings from #Puglia. I shared Killer Pairing: Spaghetti all'Assassina + A Negroamaro from Brindisi.
Recipe pairing and wine tasting notes https://www.culinarycam.com/post/puglia-pairing
#winepairing #ItalianWines #WeArePuglia

A Jurassien Match: A Crémant du Jura + Croûte aux Morilles et Comté. #sneakpeek #winophiles #recipecomingsoon #culinarycam #winepairing

2023 has been my year of trying new-to-me grapes. In prep for the #ItalianFWT Puglia/Apulia event next weekend, I was introduced to SUSMANIELLO.

I brought it to our friends' house when they invited us to a smoked ribs dinner.

Read my post -> https://www.culinarycam.com/post/ribs-susumaniello

#WinePairing #IndigenousGrapes #ItalianWines #GodforsakenGrapes

The desert course from last night's  27th Anniversary dinner at  #ProvidenceLosAngeles...

Last of the  #winepairing  is sherry from #Spain #CesarFlorido #CruzdelMarCream

The dessert was a chocolate box that was incredible.

I don't normally drink sherry, so I enjoyed it. It had hints of nuttiness that was quite good to go with the chocolate.

#wine #wines​

The sixth course from last night's  27th Anniversary dinner at  #ProvidenceLosAngeles...

Providence is known for its seafood... but for the choice part of the tasting menu I opted for the duck so, nex on the  #winepairing  is a red Austrian wine... From #WeingutKolfolk #Blaufrankisch

The duck has smoked Apple, Napa cabbage and duck sausage in addition to the slices provided.

First time drinking Blaufrankish and it's light, but has body. In between Pinot Noir and Cab Sav

#wine #wines​

The fifth course from last night's  27th Anniversary dinner at  #ProvidenceLosAngeles...

Next on the  #winepairing  is from #WillametteValley #AntiquumFarms #PinotGris #Rose

The dish is a John Dory, lobster mousseline, snap peas, jus de crustaces.
#wine #wines​

The fourth course from last night's 27th Anniversary dinner at #ProvidenceLosAngeles...

Next on the #winepairing  is #PierreGaillard #CotesduRhone #Viognier

The dish is a scallop topped with black truffle with the leek fondue sauce

#wine #wines​

The third course for  #ProvidenceLosAngeles is a warm fricassee of shellfish; featuring big island abalone, mirugai (giant clam/geoduck), uni and pistachio

And the third #wine for the #winepairing is from #Zahel #GemischterSatz #Austria

Basically a blend of white grapes in Austria that that played on the various shellfish and rich nature of the dish.

#wine #wines​

The second course for #ProvidenceLosAngeles is a Japanese Yellowtail Sashimi

And the second #wine for the #winepairing is from #ChateaudeVilleneuve #LesCormiers #Saumura.

#CheninBlanc that accentuated the flavors of the sashimi, celtuce, and satsuma of the dish.

#wine #wines

Celebrated our 27th Anniversary last night at #ProvidenceLosAngeles...

I enjoyed the #winepairing while my wife was designated driver...

So, I'll take you through part of our dinner.

We started with #Hirai #Junmai #Sake to pair with the first dish #caviar and macadamia dish... It was nice to skip bubbles to start and have a crisp rice sake.

#wine #wines

Keeping it simple. Grilled chicken leg/thigh w whole roasted carrots and carrot top pesto. Passetoutgrains. The Burgundy Pinot Noir - Gamay blend I'm turning to more and more because it's delicious and versatile and has excellent pedigree usually, like this one from Domaine Georges Lignier.

I love Gamay. The #wine world loves Gamay. Loves it so much, they keep trying to convince the rest of the world they should love it. Much of the rest of the world doesn't love it, or even like it...and that's ok. This blend may help.

I said turning to it more and more, didn't I? I fibbed. I turn to it more when I can find it, but with only 3% of Burgundy planted with Gamay, it's tougher to find. I found one in enough quantity for my wine club a while back but it wasn't easy to find the amount I needed.

Fortunately, there are some really lovable odes to this #redblend coming from CA, OR, the Loire and elsewhere. #winepairing #passetoutgrain #whyieatanddrinkathome

My local Girl Scout cookie pusher came to my door two days ago. She's now in middle school but has been my supplier for a handful of years. I'm targeted as an easy sell because a dozen years ago, I did a pairing fundraiser event that was even mentioned in a NY Times article I was included in about wine edificators (I'm not terribly educational).

For the event, I asked a then local artist and cartoonist to create an achievement badge I could give out to those who came. Rick Parker, the original cartoonist for Beavis and Butthead and not related to Robert, came up with this, which I had converted to buttons that I handed out.

By the way, I paired no table wines with the cookies...all mostly (let's simply categorize them as) "dessert" wines. My favorite pairing...Do-Si-Do's and Brachetto. Grown up peanut butter and jelly. #wine #winepairing #girlscoutcookies