Food and Wine Pairings With Holiday Wine Gift Baskets
The holiday shopping season tends to come earlier and earlier each year, and although we relish the summer sunshine and beautiful colors of Autumn, we just love all those impromptu holiday get-togethers that seem to crop up during the holiday season. The average person attends about three of these during the holidays – whether they’re dinner with family, dinner parties with friends, or more free-form holiday parties. You’ll likely want to bring a gift for the host or hostess with you, and Holiday Wine Gift Baskets and a bottle of wine are perfect – no need to waste precious time wrapping it or braving the mall crowds. Instead, simply order a few holiday wine gift baskets from us early in the holiday season, and you’ll be stocked up for all the holiday soirees you’ll be attending.
Our holiday wine gift baskets come equipped with all the scrumptious gourmet goodies that pair well with wine – cheeses, meats, chocolates, and more. Simply pick up your favorite bottle of wine, and a great touch is to pair it with the main dish or appetizers your host or hostess is serving. Here are some wine and food pairing ideas to make wine shopping a walk in the park vineyard:
Salads, Vegetables, and Fish
You’ll want to pair the light (but so delicious!) flavors inside salads, veggies, and fish – particularly if they’re done with a lemon-based sauce, with a more delicate wine. Go for a Reisling or a Sauvignon Blanc – these white wines expertly pair with seafood dishes.
Poultry, Bird, Veal, Pork
These are hearty meats, and you want a wine that can rise to the occasion. These are dishes typically prepared with butter and cream sauces, and earthy wines like a Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, or Sangiovese couple well with them. The Sangiovese tends to really hit it out of the park if tomatoes are also featured in the dish.
Beef
The taste of a tender grilled cut of beef just seems to deliciously fulfill the cravings of every one of your taste buds, doesn’t it? You need a full-bodied wine to match this taste, and a Zinfandel or Syrah (Shiraz) fits the bill. Try to save some room for dessert!
Dessert
We can go the whole summer and Fall without craving dessert, but when the temperatures get frosty and the holiday magic is upon us, dessert switches from being an option to a must-have. Desserts are fun and sweet, so look for a wine with these qualities – fruity wines, chocolate wine, and sherry. Look for a wine that’s one level sweeter than the dessert being served.
Make your holiday get-togethers nothing but fun this year – holiday wine gift baskets make for a beautiful host or hostess gift, and allow you to pick out your favorite bottle of wine to accompany the wine gift basket. Your host will love how thoughtful you were in pairing the vino with the dishes being served!
