Tasting Summary: 2025-0718
Paired and Compared
Hosted by: Allan and Sharon
Notes
The two pairings each consisted of a normal (alcohol) wine and a non-alcoholic wine.
Tasting note are here.
What We Drank:
| Wine |
Region |
Alcohol % | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscadet | |||
| O de Mer | Les Eclaireurs de Loire, Fr | 12% | $12 |
| Riesling | |||
| Eroica 2022 | Ch. Ste. Michelle and Dr. Ernst Loosen | 12% | $17 |
| Vanish Magic Box Riesling NV | GE | 0.49% | $10 |
| Primitivo (Zinfandel) | |||
| VJB Primitivo 2021, VGB Cellars | Glen Ellen, Sonoma Valley, CA | 14.5% | $25 |
| NeroOro Primitivo NV | IT | < 0.5% | $12 |
Cocktail Recipes:
The opening cocktail: The Orange Crush (unofficial cocktail of the Delaware Beaches)
- Ingredients
- Orange Juice
- Orange Vodka
- Triple Sec
- Lemon&Lime Soda
- Mandarin Segments
Another cocktail: Pineapple-Melon Cocktail
- Ingredients
- Pineapple Juice
- Melon Liqueur
- Fresh Mint garnish
Desserts Served:
- Honeydew melon with blueberries and fresh garden mint
- Non-dairy Boursin soft cheese and apricots in cheese with crackers = Roasted corn
- Roasted eggplant
- Gazpacho
- Strawberry sorbet
- Peach sorbet
- Chocolate malted ice cream
- Halva ice cream