Sunday, Sept 20- Special Harvest Event
Wine, Tapas, and Truffles
RESERVE SPACE NOW for Sunday, September 20 from 3-5pm for a special “Harvest Tasting,” featuring a lovely set of wines (see below) paired with delicious ’small bites’ (i.e. tapas) prepared by our friend and chef extraordinaire Mary Beth, followed by delectable hand-made chocolate truffles from Pat & Janice.
$28 per person, RESERVE NOW via email or phone 360.758.2959. It’s gonna be good!
Of course, the customary perspective is “what wine would go well with this food?” But sometimes it’s fun to look at it the other way around: “Here are some great wines; what foods and flavors would really make them shine?” …!!!
In either case, it is the dance between the food and the wine that engages us. Like the golfer’s elusive perfect shot, good wine and food pairings create a synergy that makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts, and when that happens it is quite magical. So we are always shooting for magic, and every once in a while we find it, and our palates sing, and Life is Good!
Probable menu for the event:
- Harvest vegetable wraps with fresh greens & herbs, avocado, cheese-lime dressing and baby tomatoes<-> Matua Paretai Sauvignon Blanc ’07…”intense, with aromas of papaya and tropical fruits, interlaced with crisp citrus and mineral notes; palate is rich and full, an explosion of tropical fruits almost viscous in intensity”;
- Melon tossed in lemon, light balsamic, and pepper, wrapped in serrano ham & topped with dark grapes <-> Isenhower White Paintbrush ’08, a Washington rousanne with notes of mango, orange peel, jasmine, and brisk minerality;
- Grilled shrimp, red peppers, and zucchini chunks, glazed and served on skewers and garnished with ginger <-> Marguery Familia Malbec ’04, a round, supple wine with insinuating flavor intensity, smooth tannins, and lovely life and length;
- Roast beef stacks on toasted baguette with sweet onion, fresh herbs and blue cheese crumbles, garnished with stone ground mustard <-> Betz Besoleil Grenache ’06, a luscious, deep, dark, full-bodied red wine from one of Washington’s top winemakers; silky texture, layered sweet fruit, great concentration; penetrating black raspberry, sweet strawberry and spice, and a 60-second finish.
- Assorted handmade chocolate truffles <-> Cecilia Aleatico ’05, grown on the laid back Tuscan island of Elba, packed with extraordinarily complex and exotic aromas of reggiano parmigiano, rhubarb, cherry cola and rose petal extract.
…brings to mind the famous palindrome: “Able was I ere I saw Elba”…looks like Napoleon didn’t have it all that bad in exile on this lovely island…
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