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Wine Festivals offer suggestions for fall
Perfect Pairings
November 15, 2007 – published in the Beacon News and Naperville Sun
By Bill Garlough
autumn food and wine festivals are an affordable way to experience a wide variety of wines. This helps to broaden your palate while discovering their preferences for wine. Indeed, many festivals, well-informed producers are available to answer questions, help you learn more about all aspects of wine. Here is a great example:
Kohler Food and Wine Experience
These programs are conducted by leaders industry regionally and nationally acclaimed. Chicago Featured chefs included Rick Tramonto of Tru (and several restaurants co-founded with Gale Gand) and Adam Siegel Bartolotta's Lake Bistro Park. On the wine side, Andrea Immer Robinson, the first woman elected as the best sommelier in the U.S., was headlined with the winemakers and owners of wineries prestige worldwide.
The first program was recorded in the grand tasting on October 26 ($ 25 per person). This was held in a heated tent which offers great and tasting over 100 wines from around the world. Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Oregon and Port Wine Taylor Fladgate, Croft and Fonseca were caps demonstration. A pleasant surprise was the offering excellent local stone's throw from Wisconsin winery, located in the Puerta del Condado.
The ticketed events including programs on chocolate, lamb dishes, the kinds of cheese, Italian food, Alsace Hearty stews, savory seafood dishes and amuse-bouche (appetizers). The wines sampled includes French Champagne, New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs, California Zinfandels, Spanish Tempranillo, Italian and Canadian ice wines Brunello. Some spirits are sample programs also includes tequila, martinis, vodka, beer, brandy and whiskey.
As you can see, there are a multitude of options by this a fantastic experience. Of course, you should pace yourself and conveniently use spit buckets provided to ensure an experience quite lucid. Mark your calendar for late October next year to attend this event. The information was published in July and quickly book the popular programs. Visit www.destinationkohler.com for more information.
Thanksgiving food and wine pairing
When planning to pair wines with dinner Thanksgiving is important to note that this food has many complex flavors that make the match a real challenge.
For a soup course, I prefer a Gewurztraminer or Viognier white wine and cream that can be combined with exotic and flavorful. With the main dish of turkey, a supporter of Pinot Noir (the industry recommended course wine pairing).
Pinot Noir with fruity, low levels of tannins and earthy notes pair well with turkey and classic flavors savory stuffing recipe.
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Hugel (Alsace) Gewurztraminer, $ 22
Miner Vineyards Family Viognier $ 20
Rosenblum Viognier $ 17
Beaulieu Vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir $ 17
Mark West Pinot Noir $ 10
Castle Rock Mendocino Pinot Noir $ 13
A to Z Oregon Pinot Noir $ 18
Jigsaw Pinot Noir Oregon $ 17
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About the Author
Bill Garlough is a Level 1 Master Sommelier and an owner of My Chef Catering in Naperville, the winner of the U.S. Chamber’s 2007 Small Business of the Year award. Bill can be reached at My Chef or wineparings@mychef.com
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