ShaSha’s Epic Wine Pairing for tonight/cooking demo featured Anne Amie Vineyards 2019 Rose of Pinot Gris with ShaSha's Epic Meals Epicure Creamy Pesto Parmesan Chicken meal solution. The wine is a beautiful salmon color. I think I’m getting strawberries and apricots on the nose. It is such a lovely wine, slightly citrusy, maybe even green apple, Gary Leedberg? After the pasta the wine became a little less citrusy and slightly more full... still beautiful and held up really well to the pesto cheese flavor. Yeah! Another Epic Pairing!!!
Experimenting with Cab/Syrah Blend at Birch Wood Vineyards
Rue of @Birch Wood Vineyards created a blend of approximately 60% Syrah and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon directly from the barrels of his 2020 vintage. So much fun and DELISH!!!
Barrel Tasting Birch Wood Vineyards 2020 Syrah
Continuing with our Barrel Tasting at Birch Wood Vineyards, here we are tasting the 2020 Syrah. This is a super full and complex wine already, I'm so excited to see how it will age!!!
In this video we are barrel tasting Birch Wood Vineyards 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. Such exciting wines with so much to them. I can't wait to try them in a month or two to see how they evolve... hint... hint, Rue Nijhof and Sallie Lanza Nijhof!!!
Barrel-tasting 2020 Merlot at Birch Wood Vineyards. True, in general I am not a huge California Merlot fan but I’ve had Chilean and European Merlots that I’ve loved. This Merlot is very complex and I’m excited to see how it will age. Thanks to Rue Nijhof, Sallie Lanza Nijhof and Win for a fun, educational and delicious tasting experience!
So, unfortunately the service in the steel winery building inhibits being able to transmit live. I videoed our awesome barrel tasting experience and will share the videos now. Hope you enjoy as much as we did!!!
Having trouble with the signal in the steel winery building, so I will video the rest and post it when I have a better signal. Sorry!!!
So psyched to try the pairings tonight. This is the first time I’m making exactly what the Direct Cellars Tasting Notes suggest!!! Fingers crossed everyone likes everything and the pairings work!!!