grgich-hills-fume-blanc-2005_2306f1da.jpgWithout getting too Zen Master on you, I’m beginning to realize that I learn a little something new about wine everyday and how it not only compliments food, but life. It’s all about the experience – everything we do these days we’re told by marketers that its all about the experience. And though, that idea makes us feel that everything we do should be an “experience” and not just an act, I’d like to think that you dont have to over think everything but just enjoy it.

Enter a remix of an old Kraft blue box classic with a chilled bottle and ballooned wine glasses. Essex Restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan makes comfort food classic, mac n’ cheese, a bit more exotic by using young manchego. With a side citrus salad of arugula, edemame, grapefruit, oranges and sunflower seeds to clean your palette with each bite. A bottle of Grgich Hills Fume Blanc 2005 from Napa (about $30) was chilled and a perfect compliment to my meal providing a citrusy fruit finish.

Try pairing classic comfort foods with wine – it could make for a interesting “experience”!

tori :: Aug.31.2007 :: California, NYC, Sauvignon Blanc :: No Comments »