Santa Margherita Wine

Santa Margherita Prosecco is Italy’s most popular sparkling wine. It sets itself apart from French Champagne and Spanish Cava with its fruit-forward flavor.

It’s delicate and dry and has long-lasting, concentrated bubbles. Don’t forget about the wonderful fresh aromas of peach and apples – yes we love it too!

Above: Santa Margherita’s famed Prosecco grapes, grown on steep hillsides in the Veneto region of Italy. Click the grapes and head to our Facebook page – lots of excitement coming in the next few weeks!

Plans for dinner tonight?

This sparkling wine is excellent with both rich, salty foods or delicate fruit desserts. To the left, Pancetta & Pea Risotto – that’s our favorite pairing for our Prosecco. See and print our recipe here, or click the image.

Everybody have a great weekend!

Here’s one way: Santa Margherita Chianti Classico offers an exemplary representation of the traditional, distinctive Sangiovese grape – elegant with tannic austerity and complex aromas. With a deep, ruby-red hue, this wine has rich nuances of wild berries, spices, and well-integrated oak.

 
Anybody need a great food and wine pairing?

As we’ve said before, the Santa Margherita Chianti Classico is a great asset for the colder seasons. Last week we mentioned some authentic Italian dishes that are simple to create and designed to perfectly pair with Chianti Classico. Take a look at the Steak and Polenta to the left… it’s as delicious as it looks! Click the image for ingredients, cooking directions, a printable recipe, and more pairings!

 
To the right, take a look at this wonderful picture taken at a prized vineyard in Tuscany, where Sangiovese grapes are grown for our Chianti Classico.

A great place to visit right?

Well, the voting for the 2010 Great Taste Challenge is fast paced to say the least. This wonderful food and wine pairing contest seems to have bought out the “foodie” in so many, it’s just so much fun to watch!

And that is exactly what makes this contest so much fun.

So here’s a Citrus Shrimp Linguini that you will just love.

How do we know?

(Well, we sure did…that’s how it became one of our semi finalists!)

If you love this food and wine pairing, do not forget that there are more than two dozen others! And all of them want you to vote. You can vote for up to three of your favorites every day!

Cheers, everyone!

The never ending search for a tremendous food and wine experience reaches new heights with a red pepper salad topped off with a delightful Pinot Grigio from Santa Margherita.

On a never ending search to find the perfect recipes and how they pair with the perfect Santa Margherita wines for that culinary “moment,” we take this search for finding these gems VERY seriously. LOL.

So grab your apron and your favorite corkscrew and let’s get to it!

RED PEPPER SALAD PAIRS WELL WITH SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO

4 oz. Parmigiano-Reggiano
2½ cups fennel
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
8 cups baby arugula

Vinaigrette:
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2-3 Tbsp. lemon juice, fresh squeezed
2 tsp. honey
Salt and black pepper

Using a vegetable peeler, shave off 4 ounces of Parmigiano-Reggiano and set aside. Slice fennel using mandolin to about ¼-inch thickness. Toss sliced fennel with olive, sugar, salt and pepper and roast in a 400°F oven until light brown. Cool completely. Combine vinaigrette ingredients and season. Lightly dress cool fennel and in separate bow, lightly dress red pepper.

Rinse arugula and pat dry. Toss arugula with fennel and create the base of the salad on the 8 plates. Top arugula/fennel with the red pepper, make sure you can see some of the fennel on the top of the salads. Add a few drops of pistachio oil and a tiny pinch of fennel pollen.

This salad is nicely complemented by SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO.  The red peppers in the salad have an earthy flavor that is balanced by the lighter fruit flavors in the wine.

The salad is nicely complemented by SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO.  The red peppers in the salad have an earthy flavor that is balanced by the lighter fruit flavors in the wine.

Recipe courtesy of Bon Appétit Chef de Cuisine Jonathan Lindenauer
©2008 Condé Nast Publications

Suggested wine pairing: Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio.

Now, to see what else your kitchen prowess and your passion for wines can do for you, and how you can turn a food and wine experience into even more, check out how to enter the Santa Margherita Great Taste Challenge! And show off your wine and food pairing skills!!!