mionetto moscato « Wine Blog – Great Wine Source

Last night I had the opportunity to try, for the first time, a dinner event organized by Nan Sorella’s wine bar. If you’re not familiar with Nan Sorella’s, they are located in Trolley Square on Olde Oneida St. in Appleton. For these events, they open up a banquet room across from the wine bar and include dinner and wine.

This event featured Wines and an Asian theme, but we were informed that the wines we were trying were not Asian wines, simply selected to pair well with the Asian foods.

The Menu

Thai Lemongrass Chicken Soup paired with Kikkoman Plum wine
Asian Thai Flatbread paired with Nagasaki Berry Sake
Slow Roasted Tenderloin with cranberry orange glaze and cranberry orzo paired with William Hill Cabernet
Bananas Foster with coconut glaze paired with Mionetto Moscato

Course 1: Thai Lemongrass Chicken Soup

Simply put: AMAZING! Our chef described it perfectly as starting with a strong sense of coconut, transforming into lemon and lime flavors, finishing with spiciness at the back of the throat. It was very delicious and the sweetness of the plum wine (while normally a bit too sweet for me) helped to offset some of the spice allowing all the wonderful flavors to show through.

Course 2: Asian Thai Flatbread

The Flatbread, similar to a pizza with yellow peppers and onions (I think they were caramelized) with hot sauce drizzled on the plate for sampling. It was paired with Nagasaki Berry Sake, and I loved the Flatbread. However, I discovered that I am not a fan of Sake. I guess I enjoy fermented grapes more than fermented rice.

Main Course: Slow Roasted Tenderloin with cranberry orange glaze and cranberry orzo.

The Tenderloin was exactly that … quite tender and with mouthwatering with light orange glaze, crisp pea pods and slightly sweet orzo. The William Hill 2008 Central Coast Cabernet did not have a lot of structure, although the flavors were complimentary to the Tenderloin.

Dessert: Bananas Foster with coconut glaze

I was very interested in trying this dessert with the wine. I’ve paired Bananas Foster with a heavier dessert wine, and the sweetness can almost be overwhelming, so I was excited to pair it with a lighter wine like Moscato. This Mionetto Moscato was sparkling, light and slightly sweet. It was very nice all on its own (and the other guests at the table enjoyed it thoroughly) with enough effervescence to please and a nice compliment to the sweet dessert.

Summary

All in all, the event was delicious, a lot of fun (shoutouts to tablemates Shannon, Renee, Amanda visit Amanda’s MaryKay website, Dave and Kathy), and the next event on April 7th sounds like it will be a blast: Hollywood theme – dress up like your favorite star!