Your Summer Wine and Food Pairing Guide
Nothing makes summer better than a great wine to sip on your porch as you watch the sun melt into the horizon. White wines top the list for summer: They’re cool, delicious, and crisp. And this makes them the perfect complement to a summer evening. To help make your summer complete, we’ve put together a list of the best summer wines along with food pairing ideas. Let’s get pouring! Summer Wine #1: Gewürztraminer First on our wine list is the Gewürztraminer (guh·vurt·struh·mee·nr). The Gewürztraminer has a light body, medium to low acidity, and an off-dry sweetness. It’s well known for...
All About Riesling Wine: Your Essential Guide
The Riesling grape is a versatile grape grown in various parts of the world. It produces a white wine that ranges from sweet to dry. So whether you’re celebrating National Riesling Day on March 13th or toasting a night with friends, Riesling wine is an ideal pairing for any event. Read on to learn about Riesling’s history, characteristics, and perfect food pairings. Riesling Wine’s Origin & History Riesling wine has a long history dating back to the Middle Ages. Originally grown in the Rhine region of western Germany, the first mention of Riesling was in the cellar of a German...
Your Winter Wine and Food Pairing Guide
Winter means bundling up to play in the snow and then sitting by a fire sipping a glass of great wine staring out at a snowy landscape. Finding the perfect winter wine to elevate your cold evening can make it an even more enchanting experience. But when pairing wine with the perfect dish, it can be the “cherry on top” for your winter night. To help you create this experience, we’ve put together a list of the best wines to drink in winter along with several food pairings. What’s great about winter wines is they go so well with the...
Upcoming Wine Workshop Events!
Welcome to 2022! While our holiday festivities have come and gone, the excitement hasn’t ended. We have two new wine workshops in store for you next February—just in time for your Superbowl and Valentine’s Day plans. Wine Workshop: Potato Chips Have you ever realized that wine and potato chips go perfectly together? No really, they do! In our wine workshop on Sunday, February 6th, we will be teaching you how to pair five Great Lakes Potato Chip Co. flavors with five of our estate-grown wines. In the meantime, here are 4 quick and easy Superbowl snacks that you can pair...