Month: November 2018

Red

La Perdrix Costieres de Nimes Rouge

La Perdrix Costieres de Nimes Rouge paired with Steak and a Sweet Potato
November 28, 2018

I found myself with another wine from La Perdrix this week and a husband who wanted to grill steaks. Fortunately for me, the wine was a red and my husband is excellent at grilling steaks. I prepped some sweet potatoes and we were all set! This wine was a blend of 45% Grenache, 35% Syrah, and 20% Carignan. My husband’s favorite varietal so far has been Syrah, so I was very pleased to have something along the lines that I hoped he would enjoy. Since we had already learned so recently about the region this wine was from and history…

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White

Conde de Alicante Blanco

Conde de Alicante Blanco paired with Egg Roll in a Bowl
November 14, 2018

It was hard to decide what I was more anticipating for this week, the food or the wine. My husband was out of town, which always leads to me trying out some recipe I’ve found that I knew he would not enjoy. This week, it was called, “Egg Roll in a Bowl.” Once seated beside this bottle of white wine though, I was most eager to have them together. This wine was a blend of 50% Marseguera grapes and 50% Macabeo grapes. Having heard of neither of these before, I started my research there. Both of these varietals are not…

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