Nothing makes summer better than a great wine to sip on your porch as you watch the sun melt into the horizon. But what wines pair best with all the foods and events that make up summer? Summer reintroduces a new palate of fresh and in-season foods. While it’s always important to pair your meal with your wine, make the best of summer produce and seasonal dishes by following these general food-wine matches. The lighter the fare, the lighter the wine and vice-versa. Full-bodied wines hold up to the heft of ribs, steaks and meat kebobs, while lighter wines balance foods like gazpacho, summer charcuterie boards and garden salads. White sauces, mustards and vinegar-based barbecues play nice with lighter-bodied, sweet, dry wines with bright acidity. And, red sauces and tomato-based barbecue works with fuller-bodied, deeper and dryer red wines.
Tonight, at our pairing and pouring form 5-8 p.m., Arny will be preparing his delicious homemade pasta sauce recipe. This sauce is cooked low and slow to create a thick and flavorful sauce made in the manner of Arny's family tradition. We’ll be pairing Moscato Rubino from California, Cortenova Montepulciano d’Albruzzo from Veneto, Italy, and Domaine Laurier from California.
From crisp reds to rich rosés to white wines so nuanced and juicy, they taste like fresh-squeezed summer fruit, we’ve got the best summer wines and wine cocktails. Stop in and let us help you find the perfect pairing!
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