"Dinner and Toasting Wines Simplified"
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The Fatted Café at RadioWCPR.com
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Dinner Wines at TFC
Concord Red
Work on a wine blend until you are satisfied. Then remember your recipe and stick
with it. Our grandfather and founder made his own wines and blended them to
perfection, so we naturally copied the flavor of one of his. We came very close to
Grandpa's Red Concord by blending 50% Taylor Lake Country New York Red and
50% Mogen David Concord. Try this if you shy away from experimenting. It's a
fruity, not-too-sweet copy of what we sang over many times in August's wine cellar.
You may have heard about serving red wine with red meat dishes? Oh yeah ... this
is the stuff. Great with pasta dishes and Four-Alarm Chili, too. And a glass of this
with your meal is said to be healthy.
Rhine White
No blending necessary. Carlo Rossi makes a decent Rhine Wine. Serve it with
white meat dishes, especially fish and poultry.
Milder White & Blush
We have found that most people like Zinfandel, which makes both white and blush
wines (Sutter Home has 187 ml bottles you can serve to each individual). We keep
Zinfandel around for meals with guests. It's a safe dinner wine with just about any
meal. It also goes well with shell fish dishes.
Dessert Wines
Need something to share after dinner? Here are some dessert wines that you can
toast with as well. Taylor's Catawbwa and Cream Sherry both work well. You
could try some Midiera on your guests on American historic days and patriotic
holidays; it was Ben Franklin's favorite drink.