Posted By Joel on January 15, 2010

The wine world is recently abuzz with predictions about wine trends during the coming year.

I come terribly under-dressed to the party: I have only an observation to offer you.

There are two reasons for this: somewhere along the way, I have concluded that prediction is the stuff of weathermen / women. And besides, my ideas about enjoying wine, life, and weather are too interconnected: today - in the only day we really have - live well, drink well, and don’t worry too much about guessing the weather for Friday.

Oh, right, the observation. This is the detail I wanted to get to:

Italian wines and unique world cuisines are moving toward one another as part of a mainstream dining experience. And, more and more, people I meet are searching out these new opportunities for inspired, exciting, outside-the-box pairings of Italy’s great food wines with foods they love from the international table.

Allow me to introduce the very ubiquitous Pinot Grigio paired with three great dinners from very unique food traditions:

Poland
Salmon Roe on Buttered Toast Points
White Borscht Soup
Pierogi with Cheese and Potato
Braised Red Cabbage with Bacon

China
Fried Bean Curd Skin Rolls with Shrimp or Pork
Fishball Soup
Fried Rice Noodles with Vegetables
Chinese Broccoli Shoots

Mexico
Smoked Tomato & Goat Cheese with Warm Tortillas
Tortilla Soup
1/2 Roasted Chipotle Chicken with Fried Plantain Coconut Rice
Jicama, Arugula & Grapefruit Salad

Recommended Producers of Pinot Grigio include: Alois Lageder, H. Lun, Livio Felluga

Eat… Drink… Live well… Don’t worry too much about the weather

Categories: Culture, Food, Wine
Tags: Pinot