Category: food and wine pairing

Concha y Toro at Blue Water Cafe Video

 mywinepal  March 21, 2012

To complement my blog article about the “Northern Gem, Southern Icon” dinner with Concha y Toro at the Blue Water Cafe, I also recorded a video.  The video is an introduction to the winery, the wines we will be tasting, their iconic Cabernet Sauvignon wine “Don Melchor“, and an introduction to Chile’s signature red grape “Carmenere“.  Our speaker was Ms….

Chinese New Year 2012, Year of Black Water Dragon. Wine to Serve?

 mywinepal  January 4, 2012

January 23, 2012 is a New Chinese New Year.  This new year will be the Year of the Black Water Dragon. It begins on the first day of the first lunar month (usually in late January or early February) and ends on the 15th day of the first lunar month (Lantern Festival). A Dragon is a legendary creature. All legendary…