The Upbeat Wine Guy Spring Cleaning your Wine Collection
by Matt McPherson ~
matt@winerebellion.com
Chardonnay - Best paired with oysters (try a Dry Creek Char- donnay), pork, shrimp, apples, creamy sauces and sushi.
Grenache Blanc – Best paired with halibut, shellfi sh and citrus chicken.
Riesling - Best paired with smoked fi sh (especially salm- on), crab, trout, smoked chick- en, salads, Cantonese and lightly spiced south-east Asian food.
Sonoma County, CA. ~ The way the weather has felt most of 2015 makes it seem like we are already in the middle of summer but in reality, just
spring arrived!
It’s that time of year where most people be- gin the annual spring clean of their house and garage but don’t forget to spring clean your wine collection. It’s time to re-
view your wines that may have slipped past your use during the winter months and make sure you use them be- fore they go bad and you waste your investment. This may mean pushing those full bodied reds (Cabernet Sauvignon and Mer- lots) to the back of the line and reviewing your whites, lighter reds and rosés you still have had hibernating for the winter. It may sound silly, the idea of changing the wine you drink with the season like you change your wardrobe for sea- sons change, but most people change their diet seasonally and we should consider seasonally changing our wine selections to match our new palate. Again, you will always like what you like when it comes to wine and I still drink my favorite wine all year long (a Kenwood wineries Tesoro – just in case you were curious), but part of wine tast- ing/drinking is about the experi- ence and trying new things.
You most likely bought these
wines for a reason and need to give them a shot, so here are a few you might want to consider opening on an upcoming sunny day.
S auvignon Blanc and Sau- vignon blends - Best paired with goats’
cheese,
asparagus, burg- ers (try a Napa Valley Sauvi- gnon Blanc) grilled fi sh and other seafood.
Albariño - Best paired with shell- fi sh, light fi sh dishes, spring and summer soups like gazpacho and tomato salads. Unoaked or lightly oaked.
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Pinot Grigio - Best paired with antipasti, light seafood pastas and risottos, and fresh tomato- based pasta sauces. Rosé - Best paired with vegeta- ble dishes, ceviche and grilled tuna.
Pinot Noir - Best paired with duck (try a Sonoma Valley Pi- not), mushrooms, salads that include fresh or dried red ber- ries or pomegranate seeds, and seared salmon or tuna.
UPBEAT TIMES • May 2015 • 21
Go To College ... continued from page 12
to follow the college path ef- fectively, culminating in gradu- ation. In closing, we again turn to the words of the wise Dr. Seuss: Sometimes the ques- tions are complicated and the answers are simple. Being you matters very much
to the world. Think about what you want to do with your skills and abilities to help a world in confl ict and requiring all the young and old brains, trained and educated people we can create. PS. The difference between
a college and a university is that universities offer graduate programs (Masters, Law and Medical degrees) and colleg- es do not. I will explain more about how this difference im- pacts your education in future columns.
JOKES & Humor #8
Dewey is sitting at the bar staring morosely into his beer. Steve walks in, sits down, and asks him what the problem is. “Well,” said Dewey, “I ran afoul of one of those awkward questions women ask. Now I’m in deep trouble at home.”
“What kind of question?” asked Steve.
“My wife asked me if I would still love her when she gets old, large and wrinkly.”
“That’s easy,” said Steve. “You just say, ‘Of course I will.’”
“Yeah,” said Dewey, “that’s what I meant to say, except I said, ‘Of course I DO...’”
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