Food and Wine Pairing

and instead reached out for a 500ml bottle of the King of wines … and the Wine of Kings - 2000 Chateau Imperial Aszu Tokaji Aszu

This wine can be served with any sweet dessert particularly fruit based or perhaps cheese, or as a dessert by itself. Try celebrating the Holidays with a very special dessert wine such as Tokaji Aszu…. and leave the pie to the guests!


Lovely, subtle PN (Pinot Noir) - 2005 Siduri Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast

Lovely, subtle PN (Pinot Noir).


Exceptional with Turkey - 2007 Cricket Creek Saxon Brown Semillon

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Exceptional with Turkey.


This wine is very well made - 2007 Vina Chocalan, Carmenere from Maipo, Chile

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This wine is very well made .. and if you like a more vegetal nuance in the wine, you will like it.


A nice departure from a typical summer wine - 2007 Domane Wachau, Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Terrassen

A nice departure from a typical summer wine. Flinty with a suggestion of firm peach.


If you have never had an Amarone before you are in for quite a treat - 2004 Conte Di Bregonzo Amarone

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If you have never had an Amarone (meaning: “big bitter” in Italian) before you are in for quite a treat.


The nose is flowers, tones of peach to the taste - 2007 Clay Station Viognier

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The nose is flowers, tones of peach to the taste


Very true to its varietal .. 2006 Rodney Strong, Russian River Valley, Pinot Noir

Not a faux Pinot like some of the new world wines I have tasted, but also ...


...makes it a better choice to have with fresh Washington oysters - 2007 Hogue Cellars, Fume Blanc

Delightful white wine, a little citrusy (grapefruit) and dry for a Fume Blanc, but ...


Taste is very smooth and has a delicate texture. It compares to the likeness of a top notch chocolate - 2004 Thornton, Syrah

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This wine is too expensive for me on a regular basis, but when my friends come over for dinner, I definitely would like to have at least a bottle per couple with dinner. Otherwise, someone would get left out of the enjoyment!