Tonight we are going to see how good our pairing skills are with Cheese! A wide variety of cheese with some hardy reds, now that’s not to say whites can’t go with cheese, it’s just that we are playing with wine and cheese to see what reds could go with some of these fabulous sinkers: Acuto Provelone, Taleggio ( my favourite), Piave vecchio, Appenzaller ; good old Swiss.

I believe that we will be trying some Californian and Italian wines with these cheeses. The goal tonight is to get the flavours and complement each element; cheese with wine and wine with cheese. If done right, this should be good. Stay tuned……

wine & chees chart

Well, the cheese selection was great and the Cabernet we had was much more appealing with the cheeses we had. The Barolo, on the other hand, was a little more unfriendly to the combination. the earthiness and sharpness clashed and didn’t really complement each other. I think that some white wines may have been a better choice with some of those wines , perhaps a Gewurztraminer, Riesling and or Chardonnay would have complimented rather than confronted the taste!

We will try this again, and look for other wines to compliment the flavors of other cheese. To the journey…..

Check your local cheese monger and wine merchant for some of these and have fun pairing them together

Cheers, For now!