Tasting Menu

davidfromoz · 2004-08-15T02:55:16+00:00

Hello My wife and I have long been lurkers in this group. Now we are seeking some advice. We are relative novices when it comes to wine. But we do have plenty of enthusiasm. I went to a rather fantastic meal which consisted of six or seven small dishes each of which was very well paired with a wine. We would like to try to create our own event like this (though we wont be able to have a representative from each vinyard there to talk about the wine as we eat). We'd very much like to have your comment on our first pass menu.Our plan is to have a different wine with each course. I think the wines will probably be in the US$ 20 range. We live in California. We do have a soft spot for Australian wines since one of us is an Aussie and we'd like to have at least one Aussie wine.It is not all that important to us that we follow convention. But we do want the tastes to go well together and we dont want different dishes to clash. We dont have much of an idea how to do that. We do plan to test out the dishes, though probably not all at once.Prawn Saladjust cold prawn and pineapple with a simple light sauceSauvignon Blanc. Probably a new world one with lots of fruit.Chicken SoupVegetable, Chicken with hint of curry, a cream based soup.ChardonayRoast Duckwith a sweet fruit saucePinot NoirTapinadeon toast, a full bodied one with black olives, anchovy, caper (toying with the idea of putting some sun dried tomatoes in there too)(not to sure here, lots of wines might work) Chianti maybeBeef WellingtonCabernet Sauvignon (or maybe Shiraz if we do Cabernet with the Tapinade)Crepe SuzetteNo idea. We know nothing about desert wines. Would an Ice Wine Work here? Or a sweet Reisling?Cheers,David

Tasting Menu

Aug 15, 2004 23 Replies

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Dick R. 21 years ago

Oops, I might have misspoken here. I'll turn it over to the legal department. They have briefs available (hopefully not those in the clothes dryer).

Anyway, Cheers, Dick

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Mark Lipton 21 years ago

I've had a very hard time locating Isabel SB, but I've been looking on the basis of your recommendation :-) Menetou-Salon, alas, I have no experience with, but I'll be sure to remedy that deficiency ASAP.

Are you sure you couldn't be more specific, Emery? This now also makes my "must try" list, along with several dozen other afw recommendations.

Mark Lipton "Too much wine, too little time"

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Emery Davis 21 years ago

] Emery Davis wrote: [] ] > I agree, Gigondas seems like a stretch. I'd try a syrah here. Specifically, ] > Vin de Pays de Principaute d'Orange, from Courinne Couturier. ] > ] ] Are you sure you couldn't be more specific, Emery? This now also makes ] my "must try" list, along with several dozen other afw recommendations. ]

Hmm, OK. It should be a 2000. :) (This is a wine that can age quite gracefully in a good year, but against a tapenade I'd prefer a young one.)

Might also suggest a VdP des Baronnies (sp?) from Rieu Freres with that tapenade. ;)

-E

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Emery Davis 21 years ago

[] ] Might also suggest a VdP des Baronnies (sp?) from Rieu Freres with that tapenade. ;) ] ]

Sorry, that should be Rieu Frais, VdP Coteaux des Baronnies. :(

-E

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