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?
Mark Lipton
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)
Mark Lipton
I like Oregon Pinot Noir with Cedar Planked Copper River Salmon. I figure Oregon is closer to Alaska anyhow.
A quality California Syrah is a surprisingly nice match with grilled salmon.
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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