please help

[m&minal]

What goes with Shrimp, and then later with chocolate strawberries

[wondersofwine]

Welcome to the board. Sounds like a romantic dinner is in the works. happy Valentine's Day!
Maybe not perfect with the shrimp, but Banfi Rosa Regali Brachetto d'Acqui, a bubbly rose' wine from Italy, is a great match to chocolate-covered strawberries or raspberries and probably okay with the shrimp (simple boiled shrimp or spiced up, etc.?). I also like the lighter types of Pinot Noir with simple shrimp dishes and sometimes a white wine such as a dry Riesling Kabinett or Gruner Veltliner from Austria or Maconnais (from Chardonnay grape but usually not influenced by oak barrels)from France.

[This message has been edited by wondersofwine (edited 02-13-2007).]

[wdonovan]

Absolutely the Banfi with strawbs, why not make it a complete sparkling affair? For V'day, I'd serve no less than French Champagne with dinner. The weight depends on the preparation of the shrimp. With a light or subtle dish, non vintage brut. With a more pizazzful recipe, definitely a brut rosé. Dry rosés are renowned pairings for shellfish, my choice would simply have bubbles. For me, the 14th is V'day, our 20th wedding anniversary, and two days past my wife's birthday so I'd better get the wine right. No second chances!

[winoweenie]

Double congrats there WD. We had the Pierre Jouet Brut yesterday for lunch along with a bottle of 04 Jed Steele Carneros Pinot. Was too busy admiring my drop-dead gorgeous CB to notice much about the vino. WW

[wdonovan]

Thanks ww. It's been a powerful bubbleweek here. So far..... 1989 Jacquesson DT (nothing like it), 1996 La Grande Dame (second favorite), 1989 La Grande Dame (a mild touch of ox, but redeemable), 1996 VC Reserve, and more Bordeaux than you can shake a vine at. Then my wine pusher "forces" me to buy a couple bottles of 1999 PJ Belle Epoque BdB at cost (about $90 a jug) so how can we stop now?