Thread: Help with pairing

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:24:44 -0400, "Zeppo" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano, pine
> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your opinions.



Those sound to me like things with which I'd greatly prefer a white,
but we all have different tastes in these things.

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On 2009-09-25 18:24:44 -0700, "Zeppo" <[email protected]> said:

> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano, pine
> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your opinions.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

I'd go for a light pinot noir.

On Sep 25, 6:24*pm, "Zeppo" <zepp...@hotmail.org> wrote:
> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano, pine
> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your opinions.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

Like Ronin, I thought of pinot noir. But what kind of dressing on the
salad? That would be a significant factor influencing the choice of
wine, I think.

"Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:24:44 -0400, "Zeppo" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
>> pine
>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
>> opinions.
>
>
>
> Those sound to me like things with which I'd greatly prefer a white,
> but we all have different tastes in these things.
>


Jon, I am with Ken here.

The orzo salad, feta et al screams of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to me!!!

And I am trying desperately NOT to show my parochial bias here!!!!

st.helier

st.helier wrote:
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> "Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:24:44 -0400, "Zeppo" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta,
>>> oregano, pine
>>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
>>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
>>> opinions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Those sound to me like things with which I'd greatly prefer a white,
>> but we all have different tastes in these things.
>>
>
>
> Jon, I am with Ken here.
>
> The orzo salad, feta et al screams of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to me!!!
>
> And I am trying desperately NOT to show my parochial bias here!!!!

Sounds right. What is orzo, is it a barley salad you guys are discussing?

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Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail

"Zeppo" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
> pine nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I
> was thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
> opinions.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
German Riesling of course, a dry Mosel for the salad, a lightly sweet Rhine
for the hummus.

But why not a good dark rosé - a Cerasuolo type from Italy?

Anders

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:51:51 +0200, Mike Tommasi <[email protected]>
wrote:

> st.helier wrote:
> >
> > "Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:24:44 -0400, "Zeppo" <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
> >>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta,
> >>> oregano, pine
> >>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
> >>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
> >>> opinions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Those sound to me like things with which I'd greatly prefer a white,
> >> but we all have different tastes in these things.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Jon, I am with Ken here.
> >
> > The orzo salad, feta et al screams of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to me!!!
> >
> > And I am trying desperately NOT to show my parochial bias here!!!!
>
> Sounds right. What is orzo, is it a barley salad you guys are discussing?


"Orzo" of course means "barley" in Italian, but in the USA, orzo is a
kind of very small pasta, shaped like a grain of barley or rice.

Does it not exist in Italy? I don't remember ever seeing it on any of
my many trips there.

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On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:33:30 +1200, "st.helier"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
> "Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:24:44 -0400, "Zeppo" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
> >> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
> >> pine
> >> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
> >> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
> >> opinions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Those sound to me like things with which I'd greatly prefer a white,
> > but we all have different tastes in these things.
> >
>
>
> Jon, I am with Ken here.
>
> The orzo salad, feta et al screams of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to me!!!
>
> And I am trying desperately NOT to show my parochial bias here!!!!



It may be parochial bias from you, but not from me. Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc sounds great to me too.

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Ken Blake
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"Mike Tommasi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> st.helier wrote:
>>
>> "Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:24:44 -0400, "Zeppo" <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>>>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
>>>> pine
>>>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I
>>>> was
>>>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
>>>> opinions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Those sound to me like things with which I'd greatly prefer a white,
>>> but we all have different tastes in these things.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Jon, I am with Ken here.
>>
>> The orzo salad, feta et al screams of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to
>> me!!!
>>
>> And I am trying desperately NOT to show my parochial bias here!!!!
>
> Sounds right. What is orzo, is it a barley salad you guys are discussing?
>
Mike,
Orzo are a small rugby ball shaped pasta. I do have a Kim Crawford SB I
could instead.

Jon

"AyTee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sep 25, 6:24 pm, "Zeppo" <zepp...@hotmail.org> wrote:
>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
>> pine
>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
>> opinions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>
> Like Ronin, I thought of pinot noir. But what kind of dressing on the
> salad? That would be a significant factor influencing the choice of
> wine, I think.

The dressing is olive oil, white vinegar, lemon juice, garlic and oregano.

Jon

"Anders Tørneskog" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Zeppo" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
>> pine nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I
>> was thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
>> opinions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
> German Riesling of course, a dry Mosel for the salad, a lightly sweet
> Rhine for the hummus.
>
> But why not a good dark rosé - a Cerasuolo type from Italy?
>
> Anders

Hmmm, I did just pick up a few bottles of an Argentinean Malbec rosé I
really liked. It's a 2007 Alta Vista Mendoza.
I've already pulled a 2006 Herman Weimer semi-dry Riesling for the hummus.
Jon

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:33:30 +1200, "st.helier"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:24:44 -0400, "Zeppo" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
>>> pine
>>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
>>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
>>> opinions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Those sound to me like things with which I'd greatly prefer a white,
>> but we all have different tastes in these things.
>>
>
>
>Jon, I am with Ken here.
>
>The orzo salad, feta et al screams of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to me!!!
>
>And I am trying desperately NOT to show my parochial bias here!!!!
>
>st.helier
Definitely, By the way Your wife wasn't in Brisbane on the 9th of
September by any chance. Beverly and I both swore that we saw her on
the Queen Street Shopping Mall.

Joseph Coulter
Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations
www.josephcoulter.com

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:54:43 -0700, Ronin <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 2009-09-25 18:24:44 -0700, "Zeppo" <[email protected]> said:
>
>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano, pine
>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your opinions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>
>I'd go for a light pinot noir.

I thought of PN as well, although the smoked paprika gets me toward
the darker side of the PN spectrum.

The sangiovese handles the oregano, bell pepper stuff--seems like
classic Italian fare, and if you wanted white think Italian white as
well.

OTOH, if orzo salad is cold as well as hummus (room temp?) then maybe
a light flowery chenin blanc?

Lots of notes going on in that simple picnic fare.
Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
www.thundertales.blogspot.com
www.thunderchief.org

Ed Rasimus wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:54:43 -0700, Ronin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2009-09-25 18:24:44 -0700, "Zeppo" <[email protected]> said:
>>
>>> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
>>> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano, pine
>>> nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I was
>>> thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your opinions.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jon
>> I'd go for a light pinot noir.
>
> I thought of PN as well, although the smoked paprika gets me toward
> the darker side of the PN spectrum.
>
> The sangiovese handles the oregano, bell pepper stuff--seems like
> classic Italian fare, and if you wanted white think Italian white as
> well.
>
> OTOH, if orzo salad is cold as well as hummus (room temp?) then maybe
> a light flowery chenin blanc?

If the dressing has lemon in it, I would agree yes


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Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail

"Zeppo" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use
> a little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta,
> oregano, pine nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with
> smoked paprika. I was thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but
> wanted some of your opinions.


For the salad, I would serve a young Albariño. For the hummus with smoked
paprika, a Kabinett riesling with some residual sugar (but not too much)
would be ok with the spicy notes of Smoked Paprika and the chickpeas
flavor.

s.

"Zeppo" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hmmm, I did just pick up a few bottles of an Argentinean Malbec rosé I
> really liked. It's a 2007 Alta Vista Mendoza.
> I've already pulled a 2006 Herman Weimer semi-dry Riesling for the
> hummus. Jon

I think you would do well with that choice, as it was my previous
suggestion (mental note: read the full thread before replying).

s.

"Zeppo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm making a few dishes for our local AWS annual picnic and could use a
> little pairing advice. I am preparing an orzo salad with feta, oregano,
> pine nuts and bell peppers. I'm also making hummus with smoked paprika. I
> was thinking a nice Sangiovese might go well, but wanted some of your
> opinions.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon


Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.

I went with the Herman Weimer semi-dry Riesling for the Humus, which worked
wonderfully, and the Alta Vista Malbec Rose which did not work so well.
However I tried matching to the other wines that folks brought to sample and
really didn't find a great match among the 25 other wines available. Of
course, my taste buds were probably shot after the fifth or sixth wine
anyway.

All in all a fine event. Some excellent food and some very nice wines and
some great company.

Jon