Brewkowski
Well-Known Member
My parents are in the process of opening a small winery and I was talking to them about food for kind of soft opening, introduction, VIP party. They're looking at 50-70 people and the wines will mostly consist of Zinfandel and Riesling blends. It's Southern IL and the taste buds down there prefer sweeter wines, so they've basically got a dry,semi dry, semi sweet, and sweet wine made from the Zin and Riesling. They also made two wines with natural fruit juices, Riesling blended with blackberry and rasberry in a semi-sweet wine.
They were looking for foods that they'll be able to carry like meats, cheeses, and olives, but I think for a opening party they should step it up for the party and have a few hot appetizers or something more that helps to pair with the wines. It's only the two of them unless I get down to help them for the party, so simpler is better. The crowd mostly won't be sophisticated wine drinkers.
I'm thinking something like:
-Jerk Marinated Pork Skewer (sweeter and fruit blended wines in marinade)
-Meatballs in a red wine sauce (with their dry reserve Zin)
-Mini Beef Welligtons (if I can find a good price on tenderloin)
-Assorted Meats and Cheeses (it's easy, but expensive)
-Hummus, Spinach Dip,
-Melon with wrapped in procuitto or panchetta
-A Sangria made with a few wines
I'm not sure what other food to think of to go with the sweeter wines, everything I'm thinking of works best with dry wines, which aren't the big sellers down south.
They were looking for foods that they'll be able to carry like meats, cheeses, and olives, but I think for a opening party they should step it up for the party and have a few hot appetizers or something more that helps to pair with the wines. It's only the two of them unless I get down to help them for the party, so simpler is better. The crowd mostly won't be sophisticated wine drinkers.
I'm thinking something like:
-Jerk Marinated Pork Skewer (sweeter and fruit blended wines in marinade)
-Meatballs in a red wine sauce (with their dry reserve Zin)
-Mini Beef Welligtons (if I can find a good price on tenderloin)
-Assorted Meats and Cheeses (it's easy, but expensive)
-Hummus, Spinach Dip,
-Melon with wrapped in procuitto or panchetta
-A Sangria made with a few wines
I'm not sure what other food to think of to go with the sweeter wines, everything I'm thinking of works best with dry wines, which aren't the big sellers down south.