The Taste of Ridgefield, January 27th 2013

The Taste of Ridgefield, 2013

Thank you all for coming out to The Ridgefield Community Center and supporting Ridgefield today.  We hope you enjoyed all of the amazing food from this great town and continue to support all of it’s vendors.  Did you know that the Rotary Club uses all of the profits from this event for scholarships and grants in our community?

Please continue to support your local restaurants and specialty shops, we all really appreciate it!

Below you will find all of the cheese and wine pairing from todays tastings with tasting notes.

Remember to Shop Local.

Thank you always,

Monica & Todd

Wine & Cheese Pairings

Monica & Todd’s Table, Front Hall

Pfaffenheim pinot gris, Alsace, France 2010 $19

This pinot gris is wonderfully aromatic and fills the glass with bountiful fruit and honeysuckle notes, yet is brilliantly crisp, and finishes bone-dry.

Castelinhos, Cow’s milk, Azores, Portugal  $8.75 ½ lb

Produced on Terceira Island, a mild buttery semi firm cheese.  Great for breakfast.

Clos de Haute-Combe Julienas, France 2010 $22

Julienas is reputed to have been named by the legions of one J. Caesar. 100% gamay; light bodied with spicy richness; floral, and bursting with fresh red fruit.

Bianco Sardo, Sheep’s milk, Italy $ 9.25 ½ lb

Matured in reed baskets, firm, with nutty, earthy notes.  Try grated on pasta.

Patty & Terence’s Table, Back room, left side

El Pedrosal, Rivera del Duero, Spain 2009 $21

The vineyards of Ribera del Duero run through the high plateau of northern Spain; made from the tinto fino, (tempranillo) the wine is full bodied and ripe, with bright cherry aromas, full fruit, and hints of vanilla and toast.

Jasper Hill Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, Cow, Vermont $12.99 ½ lb

Traditionally bandaged with muslin and aged a minimum of 10 months in the cellars of Jasper Hill.  A classic English style cheddar with earthy herbal notes, robust, savory and nutty.

Il Fauno di Arcanum, Tuscany, Italy 2007 $26

A merlot and cabernet blend; the rolling hills and warm sun of Tuscany produce an appealing, round wine full of black fruit and cassis, minerality, and lushness, with a long finish.

SarVecchio Parmesan, Cow, Wisconsin $ 8.40 ½ lb

Award winning, American style parmesan, but we find it too be more in the aged gouda style but a wonderful cheese for snacking or grating.  Sweet, crumbly, slight caramel notes, salty.