September 18 2007
Fans of the Food Network know, ad nauseum, that Emeril Lagasse is Portuguese. So, I guess, in an incredibly anglo-centric manner, the upcoming Wine Blogging Wednesday (WBW) on October 15th, featuring the wines of Portugal, might be best dubbed, “What Would Emeril Drink?”
Somewhere, I can feel the more internationally savvy Wine Blogging Wednesday participants cringing. But, asking what Emeril would drink is a pretty good question because I have little clue what he would drink besides Port, which is kind of the point of WBW—to stretch the boundaries of comfort and seek out that which is new. Portugese table wine only, please. Ditch the Taylor Fladgate and the Fonseca Port.
To get intrepid wine drinking souls moving in the right direction Ryan and Gabrielle from Catavino, the hosts for the 38th edition of Wednesday communal wine drinking affair, have provided some ground rules and an excellent primer. In what I believe to be a first, Ryan and Gabrielle are bringing their “A” game and providing a 12 page primer to the wines of Portugal. Check it out here.
And, while Catavino is providing bonus points for meeting certain criteria, there is no stated bonus for matching a Portuguese wine to Emeril’s creole cuisine.
Start your Portuguese wine search now and see you on the 17th.
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I was in Portugal 2 years ago and was struck by the variety of wines and how delicious most were. It’s a small enough region that you can explore it and attain mastery of it fairly easily. My staple summer wine has become a still white vinhos vedres that begins with an “F” and has five letters…it’s cheap but really good and refreshing in the heat. If I remember what it is, I will recomment. Mostly all the reds from the Douro region are good calls. My local wine shop has several Portuguese wine tastings every year and they are well attended.