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- Grape Stuff - 06-18-2003 A friend of ours is celebrating her 40th birthday by inviting 17 of her closest friends to Wild Ginger, a Pan-Asian restaurant in downtown Seattle. She's pre-selected the menu as follows: apps: Vietnamese Salad (no idea what's actually in this) 3 Satays: Vegetable zucchini & asparagus, sugar cane shrimp, and a Thai chicken entrées: Seven flavored beef (this is flavorful, but not spicy) Sea Bass prawns & squid veggie stir fry with noodles Monk fish with green curry Crispy duck I'm being asked to assist with pre-ordering some wine. I have a copy of the wine list, and it's got good coverage from France, Australia, Calif, and the Northwest. I would really like some general suggestions, but I was thinking maybe some of the following: ·Sauvignon Blanc - There are 3 NZ Marlborough on the list, Allan Scott, Goldwater & neudorf ·Zinfandel - There's a Sonoma Century vine 1999, a Kenwood Mazzon1 vineyard 2000 ·Domaine Du Colombier, cuvee Gaby Crozs-Hermitage 1998 ·Cecilia Beretta, Amarone, 1998 Valpolicella ·Pinot Noir - Argyle, Nuthouse Vineyard, 1999 ·Also a number of the usual Merlots & Cabs The crowd generally likes reds. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - Grape Stuff - 06-18-2003 oh ya, if I'm way off base with some of those suggestions, please let me know. - Bucko - 06-19-2003 Been to Wild Ginger several times. The food is always nice but not stellar, but I digress. Our tasting group meets in a Bellevue Thai restaurant. Over the years I have seen the following wines work best with the food: German Riesling -- Spatlese and Auslese Loire Whites -- Chenin and SB Alsatians -- Gewurztraminer and Riesling Pinot Noir -- OR offerings do well FWIW, Bucko - wondersofwine - 06-19-2003 The Argyle Nuthouse Pinot Noir should be a very good wine but a bit expensive. Is budget a consideration? If so, maybe the restaurant could provide the regular Argyle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, which is also quite nice if a bit simpler. I like Bucko's suggestions for the whites. I enjoy zinfandel but don't think it's the best match for Asian food. - Grape Stuff - 06-19-2003 The Nuthouse is $59 as listed on the wine list. That doesn't seem to be too bad, I think it goes for around $40? in wine shops. I've never tried Zins with Asian, food myself but I thought I read that the spicy nature of Zinfandel would cut through the spices of that type of food??? It seems that in general Reds are hard to match to Asian fare. - Grape Stuff - 06-19-2003 Thanks Bucko, there is a Francois Pinon, Vouvray, 1996 from Loire that's on the list. That is Chenin Blanc, right? - Bucko - 06-19-2003 It is indeed! |