Washington Wine and Cheese

Menu

1. Vichyssoise (deconstructed)  - Wine: Grotta Del Sole Asprinio d’Aversa Spumante Brut - Italy - $14
2. Tuna Tartare - Tuna And Mache Salad On Flatbread - Wine: 2006 - Cantine Botromagno Gravina - Italy - $12
3. Chicken Florentine Tartlettes - Wine: 2006 - Vina Leyda Pinot Noir  - Chile - $23
4. “Lobster” Newburg - Wine: 2004 - Sebastiani Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel - California - $22
5. Lamb Wellington - Wine: 2005 - Maramonte Syrage - California - $17

Wines From Pearson’s
Bread From Calvert-Woodley

Wine

1. 2005 - Fabula Rosso Monteregio di Massa Marttima (DOC) - $13.00
2. 2003 - Poggio Sughere Morlino di Scansano (DOC) - $18.00
3. 2001 - Vecchia cantina Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva (DOCG) - $21.00
4. 2004 - Casakino Chianti Classico Riserva (DOCG) - $17.00
5. 2001 - Mocali brunello di Montalcino (DOCG) - $44.00

Cheese

1. Pecorino Tuscano (Tuscany) - young cheese by Manciano - $16.00/lb.
2. Gran Cru Pecorino (Sardinia (aged 18 months) - $17.00/lb.

Wines - 1 - 4 Corridor Fine Wines, Laurel, MD and wine 5 Pearsons Washington, DC

Bread and Cheeses - Calvert-Woodley

Lynne Cool will be guest presenter for the class tomorrow night. This is one you will not want to miss. In addition to exploring the contributions of Italian winemakers to the wine culture of California, Lynne will discuss the much-disputed origins of the Zinfandel grape and it’s relationship to the Primitivo grape of Italy.

Wines will be from both sides of the ocean. From California, there will be two of my favorite Zinfandels from Sonoma County, Seghesio and Trentadue, as well a a wonderful Barbera from Boeger in El Dorado County. From Italy, there will be a Primitivo from Puglia in southern Italy and an outstanding red wine from Friuli in Northern
Italy. This last wine is from a winemaker who was educated in the United States but returned to his winemaking family in Italy taking new world techniques.

There will of course be two cheeses (one creamy and one hard sharp cheese) which were selected to pair well with the wines, as well as plenty of crusty bread.

Please join us for this educational and delicious event!

1. 2006 Seghesio Sonoma County Zinfandel - $20
2. 2006 A-Mano Puglia, Sicily Primitivo - $13
3. 2005 Trentadue Sonoma County Zinfandel - $20
4. 2006 Boeger El Dorado, Ca Barbera - $16.50
5. 2006 Just Me Friuli, Italy Merlot - $31

Wines from Bell Wine Shop

Cheeses:

1. Edel L’Cleron - $18.99
2. Cabot XSharp Cheddar - $8.99

Bread and Cheeses from Calvert-Woodley

I’m finishing up gathering the last two wines for my class this Tuesday (11/27/2007). The theme I have come up with is one that I have thought about for a long time. The theme is “wines from places you might not have ever been”.

No, it’s not going to be a berry wine from Hawaii or some obscure grape from a third world country. These wines are some of my favorites of all time. I’m even going to be pulling about three bottles of one wine out of my own cellar just so I can have enough to share it with everyone, since I could not find anymore around town.

We will be having a wonderful Rhone style wine that I found on a great deal with the help of another member of class. We were out and about on one of my days off and found this wine.

Another of the wines is something that I found by asking two people at the wine store (store owner and a friend that works there). I said, “If you could recommend one red wine around $20 what would it be?” They both said separately the same wine. I tried it and then bought a case for class.

More to come once I have finished picking up my last wine, which is going to be a white.

1. 1995 and 1997 Vignobles Biresbarre Vouvray Dem-Sec (UnWined) - $19.99
2. 1999 Marco Maci’s - Corte Barocca Salento IGT Primitivio (A. Litteri’s) $3.99
3. 2002 Plan Pegau (Mills Wine) - $9.00
4. 2005 Paoletti Vineyards - Piccolo Cru (Bell’s) - $19.99
5. 2002 Rusden Grenache Christines (Wide World of Wines) - $44.99

Cheeses (Rick’s Wine and Gourmet)

1. Varcherin (Swiss Washed Rhine) - $12.99
2. Grafton Cheddar (Aged 2 yr) - $10.99

Wines from Pearson’s:

1. N/V Cristalino Rose,Cava (Pendes, Spain) - $8.00
2. 2006 Tres Picos, Granacha (Campo de Borja,Spain) - $13.00
3. 2003 Vigne Vecche Primativa (Salento, Apulia, Itlay) - $20.00
4. 2003 Amarone, Zardini (Verone, Italy) - $39.00
5. N/V Madeira, Brodbent, Fine/Rich (Madeira) - $18.00

Cheese and bread from Calvert-Woodley:

1. Blue Castello, Triple Cream Bule from - $??.00
2. Asiago, (the real Asiago),Sheep’s Milk from Italy - $??.00

Sorry, this took so long to post, I have been very busy with work and other things. I spent last weekend with about 50 other people building a web application called www.holaneighbor.com. It’s about creating a community in your area. I started one for Washington Wine and Cheese. The applicion is still a little rough around the edges and what doyou except for something that was conceived at 9:00 pm on Friday night and went live at 11:57 pm Sunday nigh going into Monday morning. We also closed upshop each of the two nights from midnight until 9:00 am the next morning. I’m a part owner of this LLC. We’ll see where it goes if anywhere.

Ok, now back to the wines. Two wines are from Calvert-Woodley, and one each from Arrowwine, MacArthur, and finally Rodmans.

1. 2006 Alexander Valley Vineyards - $10.98
2. 2005 Cantina Nalles - Alto Adige (Sudtirol) - $15.25
3. 2006 White Hall Vineyards - Virginia - $18.89
4. 2005 Domaine Ehrhart Herrenweg (Alsace) - $19.61
5. 2005 Sakonnet Vineyards - Southern New England - $19.61

The two cheeses are I assume from Calvert-Woodley too.

1. Emmental - $??.00
2. Roquefort - $??.00