Wine Dinner 3

Wine Dinner #3

For our final wine dinner of the semester we had a Mediterranean three course meal. 

First Course: Mediterranean Appetizers

Food: Grilled haloumi cheese with homemade hummus, homemade flatbread, and Mediterranean balsamic feta salad. 

Wine: Pinot Grigio

Pairing: I thought this white wine paired very well with the light Greek appetizers especially the creamy hummus, this dry wine brought out the flavor of the chickpeas.

Second Course: Greek Pastitsio (Greek Lasagna)

Food: The meat sauce had cinnamon, all-spice, nutmeg topped with a bechamel sauce

Wine: California Cabernet Sauvignon

 

Pairing: I think the spicy notes in the wine really added to the lasagna because there were spices in the meat sauce. It tasted so good together!

Third Course: Dessert

Food: Pistachio cake with coconut whipped creme frosting  

Wine: 2022 Beaujolais

Pairing: 

I thought that it was not a good idea to pair a dry red with a very sweet dessert. I did not like it at all. I had to stop drinking the wine until I finished the dessert. 

Overall a very successful last wine dinner with all my friends! I had so much fun!