... the pork chops. While we excel at entertaining, we don't have a very great track record for food and wine pairing. With this menu, I'm really leaning towards a Reisling, but my instincts are usually dead wrong on this sort of thing. So we're taking suggestions!  Let me know what sort of wine you'd pair with this menu. The solution? Our neighborhood wine professional, JP, suggested some wonderful...

France at the EPCOT Wine & Food Festival). We matched that with rosemary-and-olive-oil-tossed red potatoes and an English muffin topped with ice wine jelly. It was all followed by a yummy fruit pizza/pie. (I can cook anything - as long as it involves a pie crust.) The food paired wonderfully ... Becks & Posh is after my heart. I love champagne. I love sparkling wine. Heck, I just love...

One of my favorite drool sites is Stef's Noodles and Rice blog. Since I'm a little challenged in the kitchen....er...okay, a lot! challenged in the kitchen, I mostly like to look at all her yummy Asian food posts, like this... Continue...

I naturally gravitated toward Spittoon’s August 9 Blog on pairing sparkling wine with food, being ... life was discovering that sparkling wine is probably the most versatile of all wines with food ... ’t hurt either. Recently, we’ve done some wine and food pairing events with the Napa Valley Grille ... course with sparkling wine–no problem, piece of cake (maybe almond cake). Lord help you if that 5-course...

I guess it is obvious that I'm trying to watch what I eat lately because I'm on a food and wine kick. At least I can look at the food even though I can't eat it! Mushrooms are one of... Continue...

While most people are shutting down their grills for winter, we are firing ours up more than usual because it's finally not a zillion degrees with a zillion percent humidity outside. For us, our favorite food item lately to grill... Continue...

I love spicy food, but admittedly, I don't often drink wine with spicy food because it's hard to find a vino that can handle the heat. If I'm not drinking alcohol, then a large glass of ice tea does the... Continue...

). And remember that the best pairing is one where wine and food are perfectly integrated without either losing their singular flavour." Search Tags: wine  food & drink  mushrooms  spanish wine ... they have a little advice on matching mushroom dishes with wine giving examples from their own range ... . Selecting a wine depends on both factors. In general, the gelatinous texture of mushrooms is better...

I know it sounds weird - What kind of wine do you drink while eating your (or your child's) Halloween candy? But, considering that some of us are busy handing out candy all evening to the kiddies, why not have... Continue...

—but it did! So I guess wine goes with just about anything (expect perhaps a pretzel dipped in mustard...