By now, copper river salmon should have even reached the hinterlands of the USA. Our Safeway(pedestrian chain grocer, similar to the A&P of your childhood) has CRS.
What is the wine of choice for CRS? I do not find chard based to be big enough, and find pinot(even the fruity ones) to be a bit bitter with the fish.
How are you preparing it, Gerald? I have gently smoked two sides of CRS in the past two weeks and greatly enjoyed a GC Chablis and a powerhouse older Muscadet with it. If those don't do it for you, what about a bigger Riesling?
Ed, I am shocked, positively shocked, that you can't find any in your parts right now. It's been out here in podunk for close to a month now. As you imply, CRS is a bit overhyped: it's a fine example of sockeye, but nothing special (just good brand recognition). But King Chinook is da bomb. IIRC, the King Chinook run is a tad later than the sockeye run; in any event, I haven't seen any King Chinook yet this year.
There are mail order outfits if you get desperate. Better yet, just head up to Alaska and go fish for your own! ;-) (My fly fishing skills extend to trout and steelhead, so the thought of fishing for salmon still strikes fear into my heart)
I've been seeing Copper River King Salmon for the past week or so at our local grocery chain...in fact I had it last grilled last night. To be honest it's almost too rich and fat laden for my tastes these days. I opened a 2002 Kistler PN that was a pretty good match.
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