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3 wines with dinner

CtznCane

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Tonight we had guests of my wife over for dinner. A pleasant dinner consisting of crackers and brie cheese follwed by a salad of adovocados stuffed with shrimp, and a main course of New York Steaks with herb butter, baked white potatoes and Broccoli with Hollandaise. Desert was Banana's Foster.

Since this wasn't a dinner focused on wines my comments are very general. The 3 wines we had were a '02 Concannon Vineyards Malbec, a '97 Schramsberg Reserve, and a '01 Dover Canyon Winery Menage.

We opened the Malbec first along with a snack of Brie Cheese and crackers. The Concannon Malbec is a nice wine. Nothing extrordinary, just nice and pleasant. Nice fruit, plum tones, and just a very pleasant wine.

We had the 97 Schramsberg with our salads. We're fan of Schramsberg and the '97 Reserve is a top notch sparkler. Nice almond tones, rich, and very satisfying.

Since we were having guests I went ahead and decanted the Dover Canyon Menage about a half-hour before dinner. When I had originally tasted this wine about a year ago at the winery I thought it was pleasant and so I bought a bottle. I don't know if it was the extra year, the pairing, decanting it, or a combination of all three but this wine was totally awesome. Incredbily rich and full. The mouth feel was marvelous and all the subtle and complex flavors just went together wonderfully with the food. When I initially bought this wine at the winery I did so in part because I knew (Mary from e-g here) someone from the winery. I am just totally amazed though at what this wine has become. I sure hope when I phone down to the winery that there will still be a few bottles left as I definitely want to buy some more.

Charles a food and wine addict - "Just as magic can be black or white, so can addictions be good, bad or neither. As long as a habit enslaves it makes the grade, it need not be sinful as well." - Victor Mollo

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Tonight we had guests of my wife over for dinner.  A pleasant dinner consisting of crackers and brie cheese follwed by a salad of adovocados stuffed with shrimp, and a main course of New York Steaks with herb butter, baked white potatoes and Broccoli with Hollandaise.  Desert was Banana's Foster.

Hi Charles!

Wow that menu sounds like a delicious blast from the 70's! Hope you cooked it all in the Nanopan!

Kindest Regards, Ed

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