Foods for Wine Tasting?

A few ideas.

Mushroom ravioli (hot) or mushroom tartlets (cold). Cold medium rare beef or lamb sliced thinly. Good bread.

Andy

Bryan,

For the PN, I usually think salmon and mushrooms.

Merlots (depends on the Merlot) seem to have an affinity for chocolate and raspberries. Maybe a filet with cocoa & espresso rub and a reduction of Merlot and raspberries? Cabs usually pair well with grilled beef. With some age, they seem to like hard cheeses. The Merlot (again, depends on the Merlot) and the Cab usually pair with the fat in beef, though lamb is not out of the question.

I'd start with a mushroom broth, followed by a salmon fish course, and then play with a beef main, followed by a cheese course. If the Cab is young, throw in some walnuts, as their tannins will often off-set the tannins in a young Cab.

Just some thoughts, Hunt

PS I'd go light on any sauce on the salmon - maybe grilled, with little more than olive oil and some light herbs. You can serve this one cold.

Hey Guys, Thanks for the suggestions. Appreciated! Bryan

Hope you got some ideas here. Most of all, let us know how the event goes, and what works, and doesn't work.

I suppose for the perfect Merlot accompaniment, one could serve a flourless chocolate cake, with raspberry compote, raspberries and fresh mint on a cigar

-box cedar plate, held on a leather charger (old saddle for the leather). This should be eaten with a French oak fork, once bound in a cigar-tobacco leaf ( Camaroon, or Connecticut Shade?). Only thing missing would be the smell of piano-keys! ;-}

Hunt

Very funny. I've been all over three towns trying to find each of these items. What a scavenger hunt! ;)

I'm interested in trying out different gasolines. Can anyone suggest good cars?

Bryan wrote:

Peugeot; Renault; Citroën are by far the best cars available.

Unless your choice extends to the inanely ordinary, stay away from Fiat or Alfa Romeo.

Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini is simply overpriced, pretentious crap.

My MB S500 AMG uses enough that you can sample several brands in a week!

Hunt

Simplicity rules. Try a nice assortment of homemade breads from your local French bakery. Maybe bring an assortment of toppings.

Oh, yes, I am sure you'd rather drive one of these:

Citroen? Peugot? Renault? Are you kidding?

"Michael Scarpitti" wrote ...........

(snipped links to fine French automobiles!)

Oh no Michael - I am a big boy.

I drive a Hummer H2 !!!!!!!!

Is that a real hummer or one of those cheap new GM Hummers :-)

"Richard Neidich" asked of his lordship .....

Alas, it is a Parkerised version !!!!

;-)))))

Does that mean it scores around 90 (kW of engine power)?

--brian

Nicely done.

Andy

"overpriced, pretentious crap"

You were speaking of French wines?