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Put Some `Bling` into Your Summer Wine - Part 3
Posted April 6th, 2009 by DeborahL
By Deborah Damery Lazear, CSW
WINE PAIRING TIP OF THE SEASON
In keeping with this articles theme, I want to share with you the biggest wine pairing secret I have ever learned. Just between you and me, sparkling wine goes with almost everything! Really! Even a big steak will be just fine with a Vintage Brut Rose such as Billecart Salmon.
The best matches for Champagne include foods that are rich in the fifth taste, "umami". Think of mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, roasted or sun dried tomatoes, roast chicken with the skin on it, roast veal, seared shellfish such as scallops, lobster, or shrimp, prosciutto or jamon, Thai food, and Vietnamese style dishes made with fish sauce, any dish with soy sauce, sushi, egg dishes, and peas, yes, peas.
I know the classic pairing is caviar and I sure wouldn’t dispute that. Along with smoked salmon, the other hors d’oeuvre on our coffee table is always good quality potato chips.
My husband and I gave a dinner party for the 8th Annual Wall Street Journal Open the Bottle Night a few years ago. We started by drawing our guests into our inner courtyard where I, resplendent in evening gown, had my deep fryer going to make pommes frites dusted with truffle salt served hot in paper cones. What did we serve to drink? Why, Champagne of course!
Enjoy!
"Put Some Bling into Your Summer Wine"
Deborah Damery Lazear, CSW, is a member of the Society of Wine Educators and the program advisor for San Diego State University’s College of Extended Studies "Certificate Program for The Business of Wine", and is also an independent journalist and a blog contributor to VinVillage.com
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