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WIne with Morrocan Lamb Tagine
and zinfandel. Two other reasonably good connections were Marsanne and a southern rhone red (CdP as I recall)... as for the CdP (and we tried a couple different bottles), I felt the wine itself was more impressive than the...
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Artichoke soup & red wine: bad
Amontillado, in which case you can also add some to the soup. Dry, not too heavy rosés. Rich whites made from Marsanne and/or Roussanne.
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Multiple wine pairings with bouillabaisse
(marsanne, rousanne, viognier blend), a wine I tried for the first time last month and found disappointing relative to their red offerings. I could gladly use both general and specific suggestions. And am I crazy for somehow...
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J Winery Bubble Room
: Rosenblum Rosenblum is most famous for its world-class vineyard-designated zinfandels, but it also crafts a full range of award-winning wines, including cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petite sirah, syrah, chardonnay, viognier,...
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Pairing advice for this odd salad
Forced against my better judgment to pour a wine, I’d probably choose a Marsanne from the south of France or California, maybe one that saw some oak (to echo the vanilla).
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Hatfield's on Beverly Blvd.
making corner of the world and the server is quick to recommend the ‘vino de casa’, an $8 Ceja Chardonnay-Marsanne blend that hits the mark and the whole list proves once again that a small select offering is often...
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Al fresco dining -- The Little Door, Lucques, Hotel Bel-Air, or other recs?
. Was there last Thursday, and on the patio. If you like a white wine by the glass, get the rousanne/marsanne that they pour by the glass, for around $10. Truly a great glass of white, which I typically find to be an oxymoron....
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Masters of Food and Wine Day 3 Luncheon
Blanc. This wine is a blend of 44%roussanne, 22% viognier, 18% grenache blanc, and 16% marsanne. It was a crisp, clean wine, and well crafted, but it didn’t really excite me the way the red did. The secon course was prepared...
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What wine with bouillabase?
Recommend Cassis white. The crispness is a nice balance for bouillabase. Grapes are as follows. Sauvignon, Marsanne, Ugni Blanc, Clairette and BourboulencClos Madalene. Domaine du Clos Sainte Magdeleine is imported by Kermit...
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Roussanne wine advice
In general, there are very few Qupé wines that I don’t like. However, I need to warn you off the Marsanne/Roussanne blend tasted last week (unfortunately I don’t have the vintage notes with me at the hotel, probably...
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Wine/champagne for summer wedding serving Persian food
... I’d recommend riesling (around kabinett ripeness) and marsanne in whites, and zinfandel in red. Serving a red and white allows you to really cover the waterfront. An alsatian gewurztraminer would also be quite nice here...
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Rhone Wines
be either Marsanne OR Roussanne, but not both. ;^) As with Côte-Rôtie, white grapes CAN be used, but it is not mandatory to do so. For Crozes Hermitage, the minimum is 85 percent Syrah (again, it can be 100), but should white...
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Fun Pairings with Seafood!
will be. So, you see, it won’t really matter what wine you choose, because unless you make some sort of drastic mistake, any wine you buy will drink well with your seafood appetizers. Let’s make it an even 20 –...
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BJ's Wholesale Club in Woburn now has alcohol!
Viognier Marsanne fpr $12.00. a Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve for $14.99, a South African Mulderbosch Sauv. Blanc for $16.99, and a Marcus Huber Gruner Veltliner Hugo for $8.99. They also have 3 liter Black Box Chardonnay and...
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California Roussannes
I really liked the Preston Roussanne. . .and I think it was less than $30. <just checked, the Roussanne goes for $30> Preston also has a Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier blend that is really good too.
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