{"id":33,"date":"2009-09-16T11:24:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T18:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?p=33"},"modified":"2009-09-17T08:52:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T15:52:26","slug":"sunday-sept-20-special-harvest-event-wine-tapas-and-truffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/sunday-sept-20-special-harvest-event-wine-tapas-and-truffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, Sept 20- Special Harvest Event <br>Wine, Tapas, and Truffles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RESERVE SPACE NOW for <em>Sunday, September 20<\/em> from 3-5pm for a special \u201cHarvest Tasting,\u201d featuring a lovely set of wines (see below) paired with delicious \u2019small bites\u2019 (i.e. <em>tapas<\/em>) prepared by our friend and chef extraordinaire Mary Beth, followed by delectable hand-made chocolate truffles from Pat &amp; Janice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>$28 per person, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">RESERVE NOW <\/span>via email or phone 360.758.2959. It\u2019s gonna be good!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the customary perspective is <em>&#8220;what wine would go well with this food?&#8221;<\/em> But\u00a0sometimes it&#8217;s fun to\u00a0look at it the other way around: <em>&#8220;Here are some great wines; what foods and flavors would really make them shine?&#8221;<\/em> &#8230;!!!<\/p>\n<p>In either case, it is the dance between the food and the wine that engages us. Like the golfer&#8217;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!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Probable menu for the event:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Harvest vegetable wraps with fresh greens &amp; herbs, avocado,\u00a0 cheese-lime dressing and baby tomatoes<\/strong><\/span>&lt;-&gt; <strong>Matua Paretai Sauvignon Blanc &#8217;07&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong>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&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Melon tossed in lemon, light balsamic, and pepper, wrapped in serrano ham &amp; topped with dark grapes<\/strong> <\/span>&lt;-&gt; <strong>Isenhower White Paintbrush &#8217;08<\/strong><em>, a Washington rousanne with notes of mango, orange peel, jasmine, and brisk minerality;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Grilled shrimp, red peppers, and zucchini chunks, glazed and served on skewers and garnished with ginger<\/strong> <\/span>&lt;-&gt; <strong>Marguery Familia Malbec &#8217;04<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>a round, supple wine with insinuating flavor intensity, smooth tannins, and lovely life and length; <\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Roast beef stacks on toasted baguette with sweet onion, fresh herbs and blue cheese crumbles, garnished with stone ground mustard<\/strong> <\/span>&lt;-&gt; <strong>Betz Besoleil Grenache &#8217;06,<\/strong> <em>a luscious, deep, dark, full-bodied red wine from one of Washington&#8217;s top winemakers; <\/em><em>silky texture, layered sweet fruit, great concentration; penetrating black raspberry, sweet strawberry and spice, and a 60-second finish<\/em><em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Assorted handmade chocolate truffles<\/strong> <\/span>&lt;-&gt;<strong> Cecilia Aleatico &#8217;05,<\/strong> <em>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.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8230;brings to mind the famous palindrome: &#8220;Able was I ere I saw Elba&#8221;&#8230;looks like Napoleon didn&#8217;t have it all that bad in exile on this lovely island&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1490671788  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" src=\"\/images\/elbaaleaticod.jpg\" alt=\"aleatico label \" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=517799582  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"\/images\/elba2.jpg\" alt=\"elba \" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESERVE SPACE NOW for Sunday, September 20 from 3-5pm for a special \u201cHarvest Tasting,\u201d featuring a lovely set of wines (see below) paired with delicious \u2019small bites\u2019 (i.e. tapas) prepared by our friend and chef extraordinaire Mary Beth, followed by delectable hand-made chocolate truffles from Pat &amp; Janice. $28 per person, RESERVE NOW via email [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-tasting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}