Rogers Vintage Grape
Can You Help With Wine Matching?
We are hosting a New Year’s Eve dinner party for eight guests, two of whom are vegetarian. I have developed the following menu:
French Onion Soup
Tian of Smoked Salmon and Avocado
Sauteed Field Mushrooms and Brie En Croute – with Port and Redcurrant Jus
Chocolate Torte and/or Traditional Trifle
Stilton and Home Made Walnut Bread with Grapes
I am confident with the food, but less so with the wines, but my plan is as follows:
Champagne (Vintage Pol Roger) with the Canapes and keep the Champagne flowing through the soup and smoked salmon
Pinot Grigio with the Mushrooms and Brie En Croute – I am less happy with this, I think it is a safe, but dull, choice. Any better suggestions?
Muscat de Beaumes de Venice with the Torte
Finally I have a good bottle of Dows for the Stilton.
What do our resident wine experts think of the wine pairing? I am genuinly happy to take advice and recommendations. Thank you.
Smoked Salmon is not vegetarian.
French onion soup is tradtionally made with beef stock, which is not vegetarian.
The bubbly with the two non-vegetarian first courses should be fine. Because vintage brut Pol Roger is a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it should hold up to both courses.
Pinot gris is not a great choice with the mushroom dish. Personally, I’d do a nice red burgundy, premiere or grand cru.
The Muscat could go either way. If it’s super light or super sweet, you could have a problem. Sweet wine/sweet dessert can be very difficult to work with. And if it’s really a light wine like all the descriptions I’v found, it may not stand up to dense chocolate or a trifle. I’d tend to serve the chocolate and serve port during both final courses. Or, I’d look for a really nice Sauternes to serve with the Trifle. Myrat is reasonably priced if you can find it and the splits of Rieussec and Lafaurie-Peyraguey are usually excellent.
Port and the Stilton should be wonderful.
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