Yep! Another night of torture as in eating good food and imbibing good wine. I see that Elisson beat me in posting the menu this time. Anyway, this month's event is at Petite Auberge. One of our members has been clamoring for a merlot tasting. He thinks merlot got a bad rap ever since the movie Sideways came out. All of the wines are from his cellar and will be served blind, not necessarily in the order that I'm posting. Basically this is a cab versus merlot tasting.
Assorted Hors d’Oeuvres
Flight 1:
1995 Truchard Napa Valley Merlot
1995 Beringer Cabernet Sauvignon, Knights Valley
French onion soup with Swiss and Münster cheese
Flight 2:
1996 Pine Ridge Napa Valley Merlot “Crimson Creek”
1996 Hess Collection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Chicken Cordon Bleu served over risotto
Flight 3:
1997 Turnbull Napa Valley Merlot
1997 Mount Veeder Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Beef Wellington served with bordelaise and béarnaise sauces
Flight 4:
1999 Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Merlot
1999 Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Artisan cheese platter served with figs, dates, and walnuts
It's a rough life, but somebody, (SRF©"s like Elisson and I) has gotta do it.
Posted by denny at June 18, 2007 01:30 PMI don't suppose they serve Stouffer's Microwavable Mac & Cheese, and JW Dundees Honey Brown Ale at these things, do they?
Posted by: Erica on June 18, 2007 07:00 PMYou're drinking Napa wines? Wines produced by the libs? What the hell?
Posted by: vetfromhell on June 19, 2007 01:24 AMkinda got to agree with paul giamatti in sideways.......
Posted by: patrick on June 19, 2007 03:21 AMpatrick - The best wine of the night was the Phelps Merlot.
Posted by: Denny on June 19, 2007 02:19 PMDude, Here in Diego we drink Boone's farm.
Posted by: dustin on June 19, 2007 04:44 PMAnd you can have it, Dustin. I drank enough of that shit when I was in college.
But I'm not a snob. Merlot, cab, peanut noir (the Georgia wine grape) - it's all good.
Posted by: Elisson on June 19, 2007 04:58 PM