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Pairing Japanese Dishes with Italian Wine?

Pairing Japanese Dishes with Italian Wine? #Veneto2017 #Amarone @proseccoCV @C_Valpolicella @MikuRestaurant

Miku Restaurant (Image courtesy mikurestaurant.com)

We have heard about fusion cuisine; mixing elements of French dishes with Mexican spices, for example.  But have you considered fusion also as the pairing of cuisine from one region with the wine from another region?  Recently I and a few other wine and food writers sampled the pairing of Japanese food from Miku Restaurant in Vancouver, with Val…

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MyWinePal's Near Perfect 4.5-5 Star Rated Wines for 2019

MyWinePal's Near Perfect 4.5-5 Star Rated Wines for 2019 #bcwine #wawine #Chardonnay #PinotNoir @MFVwines @Privatowine @HarpersTrail @LuigiBoscaWines @LongShadowsWine @bvwines #NapaValley

This year I had many wines that I tasted this year that almost made my 5-star category; 27 white wines and 44 red wines.  These wines I rated as 4.5-5 stars.  When I check over them again, I can remember how much I enjoyed these wines.  Having a 4.5-5 or a 5-star rating does not mean that you need to cellar these wines for 5, 10, or more years.  Many you can enjoy right now, and cellaring will…

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Celebrating Italian Wines Here and Hopefully Soon in the BC Market

Celebrating Italian Wines Here and Hopefully Soon in the BC Market @cadirajowines @contadicastaldi @Fontanafredda_ @firriato @FrescobaldiVini #barolo #Franciacorta #Chianti

Italian wine always excites me.  I think it is the acidity in the wines and the in general red fruit flavours.  There is also a wide variety of wines from sparkling Prosecco and Franciacorta wines, and rosé/white/red wines made from indigenous grapes that smell and taste different from the other vitis vinifera that is now so common around the world.  I was fortunate to be invited by the Italian…

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8 Prosecco Superiore For You To Try

8 #Prosecco Superiore For You To Try @ProseccoCV #Veneto2017

Prosecco is the hot sparkling wine in the world.  According to Vinexpo CEO, Guillaume Deglise, “Prosecco sales would outgrow all other types of sparkling wine, increasing by over 36% over the next five years from 25.2m cases to 34.4m cases (or 412.8m bottles), giving the Italian fizz a 9.2% share of the global sparkling wine market.”

Where is Prosecco Made?

D.O.C.G. CONEGLIANO-VALDOBBIADENE…