Roster: 10.25.12 92Y Autumn Wines and Cheeses to Match

Autumn Wines and Cheeses to Match

92 Y Uptown 10.25.12

Instructors Kat Kelly (Communal Brands) Martin Johnson (The Joy of Cheese, Gastronomie 491)

 

First Pairing

Cheese:  L’Amuse, an aged gouda from northern Holland with sweet overtones.

Wine:  Stopbanks Gruner Veltliner- New Zealand     

Light, high acid white with savory notes and white pepper finish.

 

Second Pairing

Cheese:  Caprotto, A firm goat’s milk cheese with a citrus-ey finish.

Wine:  Empordalia Sinols Blanco, Spain

Fat wintery white, low acid, meaty and round, dry but with slight nuttiness.

 

Third Pairing

Cheese:  Camembert Jouvence, a thermalized camembert from France.

Wine: Flama Roja Rosat Cava Brut, Spain

Sparkling cleansing rose, with notes of strawberry and cranberry and a hint of mint, Dry finish.

 

Fourth Pairing

Cheese: Adelegger, A Bavarian alpine cheese with an almost crisp nuttiness.

Wine: Grapesmith and Crusher Pinot Noir, Oregon

Light juicy Pinot Noir with decent acid and a hint of earth

 

Fifth Pairing

Cheese: Berghamkase:  a washed rind alpine from Switzerland.

Wine: Chateau de Bragues Bordeaux, France

Smooth, earthy, juicy round Bordeaux. Easy drinking, but classical style.

 

Sixth Pairing

Cheese: Essex Manchego, buttery and very very herbal, this is the best Manchego.

Wine: Marotti Campi ‘Orgiolo’ Lacrima di Morro d’Alba Superiore, Italy

Lacrima is super floral with scents of rose. This has been aged in oak, so it has intense savory notes as well- like sage. It has a lot going on!

 

Seventh Pairing

Cheese: Grayson, one of the leading American washed rind cheeses.

Wine: Tenuta Monteti Caburnio, Italy

Delicious, but not too heavy Super Tuscan. Deep, dark and smooth with dense brambly notes

 

Eighth Pairing

Cheese: Fourme Aux Molleux, a classic French blue, Fourme D’Ambert rinsed thoroughly in Vouvray.

Wine: Eden Calville Ice Cider, Vermont

Pure apple sweetness with highly acidic finish.

 

 

These cheeses are available at Gastronomie 491, 491 Columbus Avenue (between 83^rd and 84^th).  For information on the wines visit www.wine-searcher.com

 

More cheese information is available at thejoyofcheese.wordpress.com

 

Next 92Y classes

November 15: Cheese and Beer with Chris Munsey

November 29: Cheese and Sparkling Wines

December 6:  Cheese and Whiskey

January 10: Fortified: Ports, Sherries, Madeiras and cheeses to match.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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