2016 Grands Crus de Bordeaux Tasting in New York and the 2013 Vintage Before and After Pictures

The room before the tasting

The room after the tasting, What a mess and a lot of spit wine.

2016 Grands Crus de Bordeaux and the 2013 Vintage with Caviar Pairings

White Bordeaux Wine with  Caviar

This week the Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux is hosting tastings across the the United States with their 2013 vintage.

There are several Chateaus that produce white wines in addition to their red wines.

White Bordeaux wines are mainly produced from the Bordeaux regions of Graves, Pessac Leognan
and Entre-Deux-Mers. These wines are mostly made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon grapes. Some producers will also use the Muscadell grape variety.

These wines are generally wines with freshness, grassy, tropical aromas with a medium body feel and with some depth to them. Some are made to be aged while most are made to be enjoyed over the first several year of bottling. The wines have a refreshing quality to them.

Of the several I have tasted, I want to point out just two.

The 2013 Chateau Carbonnieux Blanc is a Bordeaux value priced wine. You will find this enjoyable with White Sturgeon caviar.

The 2013 Chateau Fieuzal Blanc is a wine made to be enjoyed today as well as ten years from now. It is also very enjoyable with White Sturgeon caviar and Osetra caviar. The wine is best paired with caviar during the wines youthful years.

2016 Jonas Bizzard Naturally Chiiling Nicolas Feuillate Champagne and Osetra Caviar

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Snow is the natural way to keep your champagne and caviar chilled for your outdoor event. Osetra on a spoon. Yum.

Dehours Les Vignes de La Vallee Champagne NV with White Sturgeon Caviar

When presented with oysters and champagne it can only get better by adding some caviar .

A generous spoonful of White Sturgeon caviar added to these oysters just made this divine and with the Dehours Les Vignes de La Vallee Champagne NV this became divine and delicious.

Santa Claus is receiving Osetra Caviar for the Holidays

Santa just found out from one of the elves that Mrs.Claus ordered some caviar from LadyElenaCaviar.com for the holidays. The talk amongst the elves is that she ordered Osetra caviar.

But did she order enough?

Served with food and canapes you can get about 10 servings per ounce of caviar. For the pure enjoyment of caviar by itself, the suggested single serving size is a half an ounce to one ounce.

I hope Mrs.Claus ordered enough for the big guy. He has a big belly to fill. But Santa knows that caviar is for tasting in small portions.

Bastianich Adriatico Friulano Paired with Kaluga Caviar

2012 Bastianich Adriatico Friulano

Background

The wine is from the DOC Colli Orientali Del Friuli and is made from 100% Friuliano grape.

The wine has a pale gold color. There are flowery aromas of ripe pears with almonds and a salty
minerality. There is biting acidity on the palate with a full body oily feel. The fruit is also picking up some spicy mint notes. The finish has some white pepper to it and finishes clean.

Lady Elena Caviar Pairing

The 8th Pearl Caviar (Kaluga Hybrid Sturgeon): As the wine covers over the caviar, the sweetness of the pear softens and there is a lifting up of the mineralness of the caviar for a brief time. A great caviar and champagne pairing.

How to Play the Dreidel Game with Lady Elena Caviar

I was looking for the instruction on how to play the Dreidel game during Hanukkah and I found the below graphic from http://boymamateachermama.com

You need a currency called Gelt to play. For the Gelt I am thinking about using the Lady Elena Caviar jar lids. And as the rules read:If a player runs out of Gelt he losses and if a player ends up with all the Gelt she wins. In my version the winner wins a jar of O My Setra Osetra caviar and in the spirit of Hanukkah all the players enjoy some of the winners caviar.