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Pairing French Cheese and Wine: #MadeInFrance #Winophiles Tasting

October 4, 2017 By Cooking Chat 9 Comments

French cheese and wine pairings.

We gathered for a fun assignment the other night: testing out some French cheese and wine pairings in advance of a live #MadeInFrance pairing French cheese and wine tasting Whole Foods held on their Facebook page. More background on this event in my earlier post. Full disclosure: The wine and cheese discussed in the post were provided…

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Filed Under: wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #winophiles, Champagne, cheese, French wine

Pairing French Wine and Cheese: FB Live Tasting Coming Up #MadeInFrance

September 25, 2017 By Cooking Chat 1 Comment

a selection of French wines and cheeses ready for sampling.

Learn more about pairing French Wine and Cheese during a Facebook live tasting event on the Whole Foods Facebook page coming up on Thursday, October 5, 5:30 p.m. Eastern.  I am one of the French Winophiles bloggers teaming up to share information about the event and pairings.  Today we provide a preview of the tasting. Full disclosure:…

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Filed Under: appetizers, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: cheese, French wine, Whole Foods

Chanterelle Beef Stew with a Special Wine for #OTBN #winePW

March 11, 2017 By Cooking Chat 18 Comments

Chanterelle Beef Stew paired with Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Chanterelle Beef Stew made in the slow cooker gives you a great smelling house all day with a delicious meal to look forward in the end. We served it with a special bottle of wine for our Open That Bottle Night observance. Start making this stew the night before you plan to enjoy it, so…

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Filed Under: wine, wine pairing, winter recipes Tagged With: #winePW, beef, beef stew, French wine, Grenache, otbn, Rhone, stew

Food Pairings for Pouilly-Fuissé and Pouilly-Fumé Wine

July 7, 2016 By Cooking Chat 7 Comments

grilled shrimp aired with Jonathan Didier Pouilly Fume.

Quick, do you know the difference between Pouilly-Fuissé and Pouilly-Fumé wines? At a basic level, I knew that Pouilly-Fuissé is an appellation for white wine in the Mâconnais subregion of Burgundy, where the white wine is made from Chardonnay grapes. I’ve had Pouilly-Fuissé more often than Pouilly-Fumé, a Loire Valley white wine made from Sauvignon Blanc….

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Filed Under: wine, wine pairing Tagged With: Burgundy, chardonnay, French wine, Sauvignon Blanc

Asparagus Chicken Bow Tie Pasta with Anjou Blanc Wine

April 16, 2016 By Cooking Chat 10 Comments

asparagus chicken bowtie pasta

Asparagus Chicken Bow Tie Pasta gets tossed with goat cheese and lemon for a delicious spring meal. Pairs very nicely with a white wine from the Loire Valley region. Asparagus and goat cheese make a nice combination, and I suspected they would go well with a white wine from the Loire Valley. Asparagus is tough to…

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Filed Under: quick/easy, spring recipes, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: asparagus, asparagus wine pairing, Chenin Blanc, chicken, French wine, goat cheese, Loire, pasta

A Taste of Southwest France and Basque Wine Country

October 7, 2015 By Cooking Chat 4 Comments

Charcuterie plate to go with wine from Irouleuy

I love the way good food and wine can transport us to different parts of the world. Sometimes we actually get a chance to visit other food and wine regions, but the virtual visits through eating a particular cuisine can happen more often. During our most recent wine club gathering, we enjoyed a taste of…

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Filed Under: wine, wine pairing Tagged With: Basque, French wine, Malbec, Southwest France, wine

Salmon with Shiitake Mushroom Sauce and a Languedoc Red Wine

September 19, 2015 By Cooking Chat 11 Comments

Salmon with Shiitake Mushroom Sauce makes a simple yet elegant meal | cookingchatfood.com

I love Languedoc wines! Of course, the region doesn’t have the reputation of Burgundy or Bordeaux, but this just means it can be a great source of quality wine values. This region in southern France, properly called Languedoc-Roussillon, has a wide range of interesting grape varietals and produces good white, red and rosé wine. I had…

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Filed Under: entrees, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #winophiles, French wine, Languedoc, mushrooms, salmon, seafood

Provence Rosé for Veggie Orzo with Bacon and Pineapple

July 18, 2015 By Cooking Chat 14 Comments

Veggie Orzo with Pineapple and Bacon

Round Two of the French Winophiles, started by Christy at Confessions of a Culinary Diva, takes us to Provence. This is a region of France I’ve got to get to one of these days–lavender fields, proximity to the Mediterranean, and of course, great food and wine. For now I’ll have to settle with the food and…

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Filed Under: budget cooking, entrees, summer recipes, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #winophiles, bacon, French wine, orzo, pasta, pineapple, Provence, rosé

A Perfect Wine from Mas de Daumas Gassac?

June 29, 2013 By Cooking Chat Leave a Comment

When my friend and fellow wine aficionado offered to share a wine written up as “almost-perfect”, I was intrigued. I eagerly accepted the opportunity, and set to planning a little dinner. The wine in question was the 2001 Mas de Daumas Gassac, Cuvée Emile Peynaud. The wine is labeled a “vin du pays” which typically implies…

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Filed Under: tips/essays/etc., wine Tagged With: French wine

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