Dinner with the Parents

I went home this weekend for Easter with my family. Last night, we decided we would make our dinner a "Wine Dinner". For our dinner we picked three different glasses of wine with 3 different coures. The courses being appetizer, entree, and dessert. Every one picked their own entrees but we split the desserts and appetizer.

Fried calamari

My mom having the Dry Riesling

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For the appetizer, we picked the Fried Calamari paired with Trefethen Dry Riesling 2011 from Napa Valley, California. I love fruity wines, which most Rieslings are fruity and sweet. However, this was a dry Riesling that was very crisip but I could still taste fruits. On the nose, the wine smelled like peaches and honeysuckle. It, also, tasted like that but also had some mineral flavors to it. I actually really liked this wine. The pairing with the calamari was perfect. I felt like I could taste the flavors of the calamari more profoundly. They paired perfectly together. I would not drink the dry Riesling without having the calamari because alone I didn't really enjoy the flavors. My mom and dad both agreed that the wine tasted better paired with the calamari than by itself. 

My dad having the Sauvignon Blanc

BBQ Flat Beard Pizza

For my entree, I had a BBQ flat bread pizza with Sileni Sauvignon Blanc 2010 from New Zealand. On the nose, this wine had scents of tropical fruits, such as pineapples and mangos. When I tasted the wine, it has tropical fruit flavors but also an acidic taste to it. The were some citrus flavors as well and there was an acidic lingering aftertaste. The comination of the pizza with wine was not very good. It was interesting but I think it made me enjoy the wine less. I kept having this BBQ flavor from the pizza and citrus flavor from the wine combined on my tastebuds. It was strange and I wouldn't recommended it. My mother, however, had a Asian Chicken Salad and enjoyed the combination of the wine and the salad.

Me having the Clean Slate Riesling

Dessert 

For desserts, we had a chocolate lava cake and banana pudding beard with Clean Slate Riesling 2012 from Germany. On the nose, I smelled scents of pear, green apple, and honey. When I tasted it, it had flavors of honey, apple, and a hint of lemon. There was, also, an acidic, which was very light. It was crisp, clean, and balanced. Not overwhelming amounts of flavors but still very good. The pairing with chocolate and banana bread was great. Together, the acidic flavors of the wine were more domiante and the wine was even crisiper.

Overall,  it was a good dinner and I was happy to be home with my family! These are the pictures of the wine bottles

Wine 2: Sauvignon Blanc

Wine 3: Clean Slate Riesling

Wine 1: Riesling