Showing posts with label de Bortoli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label de Bortoli. Show all posts

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Wings for the Superbowl

In honor of the Superbowl, I decided to make some wings tonight. After all, that's the only real reason to watch, right? An excuse for wings! I'm finishing off the bottle of de Bortoli Petite Sirah tonight with them, so you can check out the rating on that from the previous post. It's holding up really well and works quite nicely with the wings.

About halfway through cooking the wings, I realized I had forgotten to get bleu cheese dressing for them - so I improvised! Glad I did, too. So here's the lovelies:

Want to make this meal?

Teriyaki Wings with Guacamole-Hummus Dip
For wings:
1 dozen chicken wings, tips cut off and split into drummettes and wings
2 tsp granulated garlic
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/2 stick butter
4 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp teriyaki sauce
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp cayenne pepper

Combine garlic, salt, and paprika. Toss wings and drummettes with the salt mixture, cover, and marinate for an hour.

Heat deep fryer to 375. Deep-fry wings until golden brown - about 7 minutes. Remove and drain.

In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, then stir in remaining ingredients and mix well. Remove from heat. Toss wings with the sauce until thoroughly coated.

For dip:
Combine equal parts of your favorite hummus and guacamole until completely combined. Simple as that!

Serve with celery.

Enjoy!

Saturday, January 31, 2009

It's Been a While

My apologies. Been quite busy the past month or so. However, I went wine shop wandering today and found a little gem that I just have to share. I don't have a specific pairing for it, but I'm telling you about the wine anyway, because I'm that impressed by it. So here we go!

Wine: 2006 De Bortoli Petite Sirah dB Selection

Tasting notes on the wine:

Color: 5/5
Intense, inky dark black. Dark dark dark. The color bleeds all the way to the glass. No clear meniscus on this one at all. Wow.

Nose: 13/15
Cocoa, cherry, plum, licorice, violets, lavender. Really nice and enjoyable to just sniff.

Flavor: 8/10
Blueberries! plum, smoke, wee bit of chalk.

Finish: 8/10
Wee bit chalky, blood orange, mocha, touch of rubber. Falls a little on the short side, but is pleasant.

Aging: 2/5
Fruity, but considering I'm used to having Petite Sirah that will age forever, I'm not so sure this one will hold up like that. But I could be wrong.

Overall: 4/5
Did I mention this was $8? This was an $8 bottle of wine, from Australia, with a screwcap. And is an INCREDIBLE value. Definitely a daily drinker, good enough for company. Probably will pair just fine with your typical PS pairings (beef, lamb, roasts). The winery suggests hearty casseroles and soups. And it's under $10. Hurray for value!!

Total: 90pts

Solid, solid wine. Go get some.