Impress your valentine with the ultimate cheese board
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Tracey Shepos Cenami gets to help create those moments for a living.
She s the chef and cheese specialist at Jackson Family Wines and knows what it takes to leave a lasting impression. My job is to find the perfect pairings, find that right cheese to go with the right wine, so you have the best experience and you re going to remember that cheese and wine, says Tracey.
What better time to make the ultimate cheese board than Valentine s Day? Tracey encourages people to have fun and try different cheeses when making their board. Don t be intimidated by making a cheese board. It s really important to pick cheeses that you know you like. If you have multiple cheeses, then try something new, you know, be adventurous.
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Take a Sauvignon Blanc flight: Sauvignon Blanc is a (Karine Lauverjat Sancerre), California (Rabble Sauvignon Blanc) and New Zealand (Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc), you experience something new, while sticking with something familiar.
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Try an unoaked and oaked wine together: The effect of oak is noticed most with Chardonnay. If you are in one camp over the other, open your mind to well-made expressions of each, such as the Domaine Brocard Chablis Sainte Claire and the Raeburn Russian River Valley Chardonnay.
3 A Pinot Noir flight: Pinot Noir is susceptible to mutations and is arguably more sensitive to its growing environment than any other grape variety â and we love that! Burgundy (Domaine Jessiaume Bourgogne Rouge) gives you structure and spice, Californiaâs Sonoma Coast (Decoy Blue Label Pinot Noir) offers silky, luxurious textures and Oregon (Cooper Mountain Vineyards Willamette Valley 2017) gives you the best of both worlds with bright, ripe berry fruit, a hint o
Three thriving Texas wineries with Dallas roots
Stressed Vines, Calais and even Pedernales Cellars got their starts in North Texas.
Julie Kuhlken of Pedernales Cellars(Matt McGinnis, Pen & Tell Us)
Ever since John Neely Bryan visited North Texas in search of a place to establish a trading post in 1839, Dallas has been a polestar of entrepreneurial spirit in nearly every industry you can name, including winemaking.
These Texan vintners were either born in Dallas or “got here as fast as they could,” as one says. Among them, they have careers in investing, higher education and IT engineering. They ride Harley-Davidsons, attended Stanford and lived in Paris. They share an intense love of wine, and it turns out they are incredibly talented at making it, too.
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