Red wine and bubbles. What an exciting combination. A couple of years ago, my wife and I had the privilege of attending a dinner prepared by Ms. Giada [Di Laurentiis]. A dream come true, a never-thought-it-could-happen-to-me experience.
Long story short, the dinner was scrumptious, it started with a Caesar salad with polenta croutons, a lemon vinaigrette, followed by prawns over rigatoni in a silky butternut squash sauce; the main entree, a fillet Mignon with Parmesan mashed potatoes....you might be thinking and where is the Shiraz? Well, actually, it was at the end. A chocolate souffle-like dessert with raspberry and Sparkling Shiraz.
I've never heard about it. But it was a big success. The spicy notes of a Shiraz go extremely well with chocolate. The bubbles were like a reminder of the perfect combination of these two ingredients. The best part was that the wine ended up being a very affordable one. PARINGA from Australia is available for less than $12/bottle. Since then, I have brought it to many parties and potlucks. Consistently, it ends up being a winner. Give it a shot. It will make your guests talk about it.
Think Chocolate and berries, the rest will be take care of by a bottle of Paringa Sparkling Shiraz. --they have a non-sparkling Shiraz that is also very good bur certainly not as interesting as the one with bubbles.
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