{"id":7176,"date":"2020-04-23T21:11:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/?p=7176"},"modified":"2020-04-23T21:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:11:22","slug":"quarantine-pairing-pedernales-cellars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/2020\/04\/quarantine-pairing-pedernales-cellars\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine Pairing Fun with Pedernales Cellars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We\u2019ve been cooking more lately. Like a lot. I\u2019ve been working from home alongside Thing 1 and Thing 2 who have been doing distance learning. And overall, we\u2019re doing fairly well. But man, have I become a short order cook! What used to be a weekly fight over the fact that a Nutella sandwich is not a good basis for a school lunch has now become nonexistent. Because now it\u2019s all about the \u2018hot lunch\u2019 (which used to just be a Friday thing). Every time I look up, they are hungry (again) and I find myself in my kitchen yet again. I may need to start asking for tips! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, in the beginning there was a certain novelty to all the family togetherness and the meals were a bit more elaborate. A few weeks into all of this and I\u2019m now looking for some quicker meals that no one will complain about – and that will last for at least a couple of days. The one constant in all of this is that we\u2019re still pairing great wines with dinner. So when I received a set of wines courtesy of Pedernales Cellars, I knew it would be fun to pair these wines with whatever we were eating. They specialize in Spanish and Rh\u00f4ne style wines and as I\u2019ve had them on a number of occasions, I knew they were great food wines. So I put on my mad scientist wine pairing hat (yes it\u2019s a thing) and began planning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
One of the hallmarks of a great pairing is a seamless transition between the wine and the food. So seamless that you hardly know when you go from one to the other. Alternatively, a great paring can also consist of contrasts (but different from something that clashes). Overall, most of the pairings I came up with achieved the harmony that I was looking for. Here\u2019s what we paired. And all were kid-friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n