Today we share French Wine Picks and Pairings for Valentine’s Day as part of a special “l’amour” focused French Winophiles event. Great food and wine pairings are a fun way to celebrate with your Valentine! Disclosure: the four featured wine picks were provided as complimentary samples. As always, the opinions are entirely my own. I…
Kale and Kielbasa Skillet Paired with a Morgon Cru du Beaujolais
We made a tasty Kale and Kielbasa Skillet to go with a bottle of Morgon Cru du Beaujolais. Disclosure: The wine was sent as a complimentary sample as part of our French #Winophiles exploration of Beaujolais wines. So I had one more bottle of Beaujolais to open following our November French #Winophiles event exploring food-friend…
Food-Friendly Red Wine from Beaujolais #Winophiles
Today we explore Food-Friendly Red Wine from Beaujolais. We were sent 4 complimentary bottles to sample along with a group of other French Winophiles bloggers. As always, the opinions here are entirely my own! I was eager to jump on the opportunity to sample a lineup of different Beaujolais wines with my fellow French #Winophiles…
Pairing French Cheese and Wine: #MadeInFrance #Winophiles Tasting
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…
Chipotle Chicken and Black Beans with a Gewürzt
This Chipotle Chicken and Black Beans recipe has a nice spicy kick. A Gewürztraminer from Alsace, with taste of honey and pear fruit, makes a great wine pairing for the recipe. Read on for more information about the recipe and the wine we paired with it, or click here to jump down to the recipe. Typically…
Pouilly-Fuissé with Goat Cheese Pasta and Chicken
Burgundy has so many distinctive appellations and wine producers, we could have gone a lot of different directions for today’s French #Winophiles visit to the region, host by foodwineclick. I’ve been noticing people finding their way to Cooking Chat by searching for “Pouilly-Fuissé wine pairings”, so I thought the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation might be a good focus. So…
Bordeaux Braised Beef #Winophiles
It’s getting to be the season to cook things low and slow! And what more elegant way to do so than by braising some beef in a Bordeaux. That’s how we rolled for this French #Winophiles visit to the famous Bordeaux region, with this delicious Bordeaux Braised Beef recipe. Bordeaux is such a famous region,…
Salmon with Shiitake Mushroom Sauce and a Languedoc Red Wine
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…
A Cahors Malbec for Grilled Pork Chops
Between birthdays and baseball, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to get something together for this month’s French Winophiles trip to France’s Southwest region. Then I thought, why not work some wine from the Sud-Ouest into the birthday celebration? That’s the way we rolled, and I happily do have a pairing to report…
Provence Rosé for Veggie Orzo with Bacon and Pineapple
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…