Let us start with our favorite quotes from Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” “To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.” “Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.” “The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.” “A meal without cheese is like a beautiful person with no heart.” Which brings us to our cheese and wine pairing class. Often times when invited to a dinner party, we ask if we can bring something, perhaps a cheese course? The answer is almost always, yes. Then we simply head to our favorite cheese monger and ask for four cheeses - one soft, one hard, one salty and one dealer’s choice. Our friends at Picnic NM in Santa Fe continue to curate the most lovely farmstead cheeses at their small cheese monger stand at Chomp Santa Fe. For this tasting we have asked Lauren Stutzman at Picnic NM to pick four cheeses to show us how to create and serve the perfect cheese plate and accompaniments to enhance a festive meal. Lauren has chosen four artisanal cheeses for our tasting, will introduce each, and after creating and serving the cheese plate, guests will taste with 6 French wines chosen by our sommelier for the evening, Greg O’Byrne. Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux, how do they pair, what do they make you feel, think about and do? Let’s taste together and talk about it. Guests will also take home a printed cheese plate guide from Lauren on how to replicate at home or at your next dinner party. Enjoy 6 French Wines with 4 Farmstead Cheeses $85 per person - Seating limited in Private Wine Loft The Cheeses: Blakesville Creamery Linedeline Pastureized goat’s milk cheese from Wisconsin Rodgers Collection Pasqualino Raw Sheep’s milk cheese from Spain Jumi Cheese Aarewasser Unpasteurized Alpine Emmenthal from Canton, Switzerland Withersbrook from Jasper Hill in Vermont Soaked in Eden Ice Cider The Wines: Champagne Louis Roederer Collection 244 2015 Domaine A. & P. Villaine Aligoté Bouzeron 2015 Domaine A. & P. Villaine Cote Chalonnaise Les Clous Aimé 2015 Domaine A. & P. Villaine Mercurey Les Montots 2000 Chateau Guard Larose St. Julien 2001 Chateau la tour Blanche 1er Cru Sauternes
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