Santa Margherita Blog » wines http://blog.santamargherita.us Santa Margherita Blog Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Sparkling Mediterranean Shrimp: A Food And Wine Experience You Have To, Well, Experience! http://blog.santamargherita.us/2010/06/sparkling-mediterranean-shrimp-a-food-and-wine-experience-you-have-to-well-experience/ http://blog.santamargherita.us/2010/06/sparkling-mediterranean-shrimp-a-food-and-wine-experience-you-have-to-well-experience/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:43:27 +0000 SantaMargherita http://blog.santamargherita.us/?p=137 The 2010 Great Taste Challenge is now in it’s more important phase…the voting phase!

And the men and women who have done their all to create these amazing wine and food pairings desperately want you to see what they’ve done…in the hopes that they capture you heart, soul and, um, vote.

LOL

Here is a gorgeous fish dish that you will love, especially as it pairs so perfectly with one of our best wines!

Vote often. Vote for your favorites. And push them through to the finals. The 2010 Great Taste Challenge is white hot…and we now want to see what you think should win!

]]> http://blog.santamargherita.us/2010/06/sparkling-mediterranean-shrimp-a-food-and-wine-experience-you-have-to-well-experience/feed/ 0 A Food And Wine Experience To Melt Over: Red Pepper Salad And A Delightful Pinot Grigio http://blog.santamargherita.us/2010/04/a-food-and-wine-experience-to-melt-over-red-pepper-salad-and-a-delightful-pinot-grigio/ http://blog.santamargherita.us/2010/04/a-food-and-wine-experience-to-melt-over-red-pepper-salad-and-a-delightful-pinot-grigio/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:55:17 +0000 SantaMargherita http://blog.santamargherita.us/?p=75 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!!!

RED PEPPER SALAD
PAIRS WELL WITH
SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT RED PEPPER SALAD
PAIRS WELL WITH
SANTA MARGHERITA PINOT GRIGIO
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That’s really what The Great Taste Challenge is…the celebration of how we match the best foods with our favorite wines.

And by showing off just how adept we are at it, and through use of a simple video, we’ve made it possible to have a food and wine event in which YOU star!!! And this weekend, if you do submit multiple food and wine recipes into The Great Taste Challenge, and you are one of the first 5 to do so, you will be the proud new owner of a Flip Camera!

Here’s a great video that explains.

How ironic that the food and wine event you may be looking for could be going on in YOUR OWN KITCHEN.

Cheers!

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