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Challenging Wine Pairing: Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

It is so much fun to find recipes, plan menus, and then determine the wines to pair with them. As I’ve mentioned before and regular Wine Peeps readers have probably concluded, we really enjoy spicy, flavorful foods. As I started planning the menu for this challenge, I decided to focus on Mexican/Southwestern foods. The main […]

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Book Review: What to Drink with What You Eat

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Let’s get right to the bottom line: What to Drink with What You Eat by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page is a great book. It is not an easy reading bedside book; but it is a superb reference work, the most comprehensive and useful book of its type that we’ve ever found. LaGayle, our food […]

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Challenging Wine Pairing: Shrimp Creole

Monday, October 12th, 2009

It’s time for another food and wine pairing challenge. As you have probably noticed, the Wine Peeps like spicy foods, so this time the menu called for a Creole/Cajun dish. As I planned the meal, I decided to prepare Shrimp Creole which I served with white rice and bayou coleslaw. If I do say so […]

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Challenging Wine Pairing: Smoked Sausage and Sauerkraut

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

This post is the first in a series on challenging wine pairings. Many people probably wouldn’t even try to pair wine with smoked sausage and sauerkraut; however, we were up to the challenge because we believe that any meal can be paired with a wine that compliments the food. As I began planning our first […]

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Thanksgiving: A Little Different Menu, A Little Different Wine

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The last thing the world needs is another article or blog post on traditional Thanksgiving meal/wine pairings where the bottom line is usually a recommendation of Riesling and Pinot Noir as the white and red wine selections. However, the Wine Peeps are having a slightly different Thanksgiving spread this year, and we think it deserves […]

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Food & Wine: Food with Double-Blind Tastings

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Here at Wine Peeps, we enjoy doing various types of blind tastings on a regular basis. In addition to our monthly eight-person tasting dinners where we do a single-blind tasting with six wines, the four of us have a double-blind tasting with two wines several times a week where we only know whether we are […]

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Food & Wine: Upcoming Tasting Dinner (Cabernet Sauvignon Blends)

Monday, March 24th, 2008

It seems that many people really place importance on what foods that they have with their wines. I agree that a wine changes in taste with foods that are served with it; however, I personally do not think that one has to go overboard with a lot of fancy gourmet meals to enjoy a good […]

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