Wine Asylum

Posted by jeffrt (A) on December 24, 2005 at 18:14:54

In Reply to: don't mix good wine with cheese posted by newbilong on November 27, 2005 at 21:35:01:

That's kind of a left-handed way of looking at what I've also heard/learned:

You want to make any wine taste good, serve it with cheese.

If you want to be tasting the wine sevre it with unsalted water-based crackers. (not butter- or oil-based crackers)

That said, I like port with macadamia nuts and sometimes, when I know the wine (port) is good with muenster or white, not sharp New York cheddar. The macadamias are little on the extra oily side but they're a subtle nut compared to many others.

Now, back to my last bottle of '83 Taylor. sigh ...
- My vintage ports are disappearing all too fast. Only one more '77 left. The there's one '80 magum of Grahams and one '83 Grahams. double sigh ... ...