{"id":6903,"date":"2024-01-06T02:16:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T07:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2024-01-22T07:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T12:59:04","slug":"wine-buying-pairing-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wine-buying-pairing-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Buying and Pairing for Valentine\u2019s Day and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You’re asking me what’s the way to a woman\u2019s heart? Forget flowers and candy … I’d like Pinot Noir please!<\/p>\n

Wine is the drink of conversation. You\u2019re usually over a glass of wine watching each other, you\u2019re talking, it\u2019s over an evening, it lasts a long time, just like love should.<\/p>\n

Think about it.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t give a six-pack of beer for Valentine\u2019s Day; you give a bottle of wine and often a bottle of sparkling wine and flowers or chocolates. It\u2019s meant to be shared. It\u2019s meant to be savoured slowly.<\/p>\n

But which bottle do you buy? How much should you spend?<\/p>\n

Think of your pairing possibilities… not just the food, but also your dining companion.<\/p>\n

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Just the pop of a cork can break the mid-winter blues. Sparkling wine is a terrific wine for Valentine\u2019s Day. As a style of wine, they\u2019re tasty, they\u2019re toasty, they\u2019re refreshing and they\u2019re very romantic.<\/p>\n

Another ironically great choice is Pinot Noir, a wine nicknamed the \u201cheartache grape.\u201d This isn’t because it ruins relationships, but rather because it’s so difficult, and therefore, expensive to make. It can break the hearts of winemakers who love it.<\/p>\n

But on the lips and tongue, it’s liquid satin.<\/p>\n

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Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarlborough, South Island, New Zealand<\/p>\n

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Casas del Bosque Reserva Pinot Noir<\/strong><\/a>
\nCasablanca Valley, Chile<\/p>\n

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Desserts and Wine to Die For<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chocolate is the default choice for Valentine’s Day, but what about Black Forest cake or chocolate truffles? Which wine then?<\/p>\n

The guideline is that the wine should be sweeter than the dessert. Otherwise the wine\u2019s going to taste bitter and dull by comparison so you need to do sweet and sweet.<\/p>\n

For the deeply rich chocolate desserts, I recommend vintage port, a fortified wine with extra sweetness and alcoholic heft to dance with the chocolate\u2019s sweetness and creamy richness.<\/p>\n

For sensual dessert combinations such as chocolate-dipped strawberries and biscotti, try a light-bodied and citrus-sweet icewine.<\/p>\n

Perfect pairing for two!<\/p>\n

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Reif Estate Winery Vidal Icewine<\/strong><\/a>
\nNiagara River, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada<\/p>\n

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Jackson-Triggs Reserve Vidal Icewine<\/strong><\/a>
\nNiagara Peninsula, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada<\/p>\n

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C\u00e1lem 10-Year-Old Tawny Port<\/strong><\/a>
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Fonseca Porto White Port<\/strong><\/a>
\nDouro, Portugal<\/p>\n

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  You’re asking me what’s the way to a woman\u2019s heart? Forget flowers and candy … I’d like Pinot Noir please! Wine is the drink of conversation. You\u2019re usually over a glass of wine watching each other, you\u2019re talking, it\u2019s over an evening, it lasts a long time, just like love should. Think about it. You don\u2019t give a six-pack of beer for Valentine\u2019s Day; you give a bottle of wine and often a bottle of sparkling wine and flowers or chocolates. It\u2019s meant to be shared. It\u2019s meant to be savoured slowly. But which bottle do you buy? How […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,43,5,50,815,16,333,335,1337,1222,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aphrodisac-foods-wine","category-book-unquenchable","category-books-wine","category-chocolate-wine","category-dessert-wine","category-pairings","category-riesling","category-special-occasions","category-valentines-day-wines","category-valentines-day-events","category-wine-picks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6903"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60244,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions\/60244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}