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Wine Tasting
A handy wine/cheese pairing table cribbed from Cheesetique
| Fizzy | Fresh White | Lush White | Sweet White | Light Red | Smooth Red | Bold Red | Dessert/Port | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh/Creamy (mozzarella, brie, chev) |
✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Semi-Firm (cheddar, fontina, tommes) |
- | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - |
| Firm/Aged (parmesan, gouda, machego) |
- | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Blue (roquefort, gorgonzola, stilton) |
- | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stinky (tallegio, morbier) |
- | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
Wine Tasting Party
First up: Big Eight Wine Night -- an overview of the great eight varietals, with examples from the Old World and the New.
Ideas for future tastings
To follow: exploration of specific grapes in different blends, varietals across time and space (including wines from S. Africa, Australia, California, Virginia, Texas, and so on)
- Wine pairings
- Coffee cuppings (hijacking Peregrine Espresso's Friday cuppings at Hill's Kitchen?)
- Chocolate tastings (single-origin, cocoa percentages, and more)
- Summer tastings would naturally include beers and some of the barbecue options from Eastern Market
Posting Information
First you'll have to create a username. The system will email with a one-time log-on link (check your spam folder if it doesn't come through immediately) and then come back and click on [[Big Eight Wine Night]] and then click edit. Add your notes as if you were writing in notepad. You can use basic HTML if you like.