Meal and wine #1 - Rose and Pot roast with green beans and a white role
- Grande Alberone, Rose Italia - Italian grapes, brilliant pink in color
- not dry, kind of sweet, very full, no wine stuck to the glass, little tangy, strawberry flavor
- Wine did actually pair well with this meal, I had looked up that rose would go with chicken but I didn't have that and so this pot roast was an experimentation. The roast took away some of the wine's tanginess, as well as pulled out the flavors in the roast. The wine made the meal less salty in flavor as well as made the meal and wine taste sweeter. The wine definitely made the meat taste better but with the green beans by themselves it was not great, it made everything bitter and taste funky. I don't think either overpowered the wine or the food it was a good in between and very well-balanced flavor.
Meal and Wine #2 - Moscato and Alfredo pasta
- Winking Owl Moscato - Muscat Blanc grapes
- sweet, like a sparkling cider but without the bubbles, pear/peach flavor with flowery after notes
- This wine bought out the flavor in the Alfredo sauce which really helped me to enjoy the meal more. I had made the Alfredo kind of bland, and it needs salt and pepper by itself, but with the wine, the flavors of pear and peach go really well with the white sauce bringing a more sweet and savory flavor moment. This wine pairs really well with this meal and the only thing that I would add would be some grilled chicken if I had thought of that.
Meal and Wine #3 - Cabernet Sauvignon and Spaghetti and meatballs
- Winking Owl Cabernet Sauvignon - cross between cabernet franc grapes and sauvignon Blanc grapes
- very robust, and dry, had notes of oak, blackberries and vanilla
- This wine melds with the spaghetti and each doesn't really make one flavor stand out more than the other. The wine compliments the red peppers that I put into the spaghetti and the meatballs make the wine taste less dry and pulls more of the oak flavor out.
