***This post is getting up late this week and I apologize. I came down with some weird cold thing earlier this week and then baby got it yesterday. Thus computer time was limited. I hope this makes up for it. =)***
Hello dear readers! Here we are at yet another Wine Wednesday. Crazy thought, I realized that I could probably keep this series going for a very long time and never exhaust all the wonderful wines that have been and are still being created in this world. So let's raise a glass and discuss a great new wine that I highly recommend to you folks.
This past Saturday, the hubby, kiddo, and I were invited to a sushi party at our friends' home. It was an amazing dinner but more on that later. I wanted to bring a a beverage of some sort (our hostess is an amazing woman who wouldn't let me bring anything to help with dinner). So I turned to my friend/wine adviser for a suggestion and he said to do champagne. Only in this case, he recommended a cremant de bourgogne. Are you asking what is the difference? Good question, I asked the same thing. (Well, I asked what's the difference right after I asked him how to pronounce that.)
To make a long and complicated story shorter, the difference is in the region of France it comes from rather than any major difference in the essence of the grape or winemaking style. French wine makers jealously guard the right to claim where their wine comes and so only wines made in Champagne are champagnes. Both wines fall under the general category of sparkling wine but each comes from a different region in France.
So back to the main feature: cremant and sushi. It was an amazing pairing! My personal favorite was the rose cremant. It was refreshing, palate cleansing, and not over powering to the main event (which was the mountains of sushi we were about to set in on). Just imagine a refreshing glass of bubbly to go with the richness and fatness of good salmon and tuna.
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| This picture was early in the evening before all the food came out relegating the flowers to another space. |
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| Near to far: shrimp, yellowtail tuna, and assorted veggies. |
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| Clams, octopus, salmon, and spam musubis. |
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| Isn't it beautiful?! |
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| The requisite miso soup and sake cup! |
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| The big picture. =) |
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| While some people ate, the little one went and had some fun on the floor. =) |
That was my Saturday night dinner and my Wine Wednesday suggestion!
Have a beautiful day and go get something good to drink!
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