Wine Dinner Blog. Asian Fusion & Cheese Party

 This wine dinner party was a very spontaneous- yet  great event.  After shopping around Kroger me and 5 of my friends decided to do a dinner wine party!  The three wines chosen were

Name: Acronym

Variety: Blended White

Region: California

Country: California

Year: 2011

Price: 9.95

Name: Clos du Bois

Variety: Pinot Noir

Region: California

Country: US

Year: 2011

Price: 13

Name: Monte Oton

Variety: Garnacha

YUMMM

Region: Moncaya

Country: Spain

Year: 2011

With the two reds we decided to eat 5 different cheeses. Kroger has this awesome selection of fine cheeses under $3 dollars. The Cheese we choose were Swiss, Creamy Goat,  Pepcorino Toscano,  Onion and Chive Cheddar, Smoked Gouda,  and a Garlic and herb cheddar.  

Wine and Cheese

The Clous du bois was AMAZING with the creamy goat cheese ! It was also good with the swiss and gouda- those cheeses seemed to have a creamier texture. On its own the Clos du Bois had alot of cherry and raspberry flavors with a hit of vanilla. The cheese seemed to bring out the fruitiness more and the wine balanced the heaviness of the cheese. 


The Monte Onton was better with the bitter cheeses. The wine had an earthier taste a little peppery and fruity and I found that that played off the bitterness of the drier cheeses like the toscano and the cheddar. 

Sweet & Sour Noodels & Fried Dumplings

From prior experience I know that crispy sweet fruity whites pair really with with spicy oriental cuisine. We stopped by Marco and Luca the new dumpling place near the empo and picked up fried dumplings with there special spicy soy sauce,  sweet and sour noodles with apples, cilantro and spicy sweet sauce  and a hot pork stuffed bun. As expected the white went great with the food especially the sweet and sour noodles. The white had alot of citrus flavors come through with some crisp apple and subtle

Hot Pork Bun

This wine dinner party gave us all the opportunity to see what wine highlighted about certain foods and vice versa. After this party I especially know what kinds of cheeses to pair with certain wines. And I will continue to keep my sweet crisp whites paired with my asian cuisine :)