Cuisine Noir Newsletter - Stay in the Know! Be the first to know about the latest online and print issues of Cuisine Noir, industry updates, events and promotions as part of our cultural culinary movement. This Week’s Pairing - 2009 Señorio del Tallar Tinto Ribera del Duero Greg B. C. Shaw Join Cuisine Noir’s wine editor, Greg B.C. Shaw, each Wednesday for a pairing of the week that is recommended to complement and enhance the ultimate culinary experience. From wines, to cognacs, great cocktails and liqueurs, we’re discussing it all in The Pairing Weekly. Have a question or need a recommendation?  Be sure to post it below. You can also follow Greg on Twitter at @GBCShaw. This Week's Pairing - 2009 Señorio del Tallar Tinto Ribera del Duero, $17 Tonight for me is sushi night, something that we try to do once every couple of weeks. There are several great sushi restaurants in Sacramento and California has access to top quality sushi-grade fish of all types.

As many of you probably know, sushi is always a tough one for wine and people typically go for a crisp white that is still or sparkling. Those work and there's nothing wrong with a Riesling by Indigene ($13) or sparkling Chandon rosé ($22) with your favorite nigiri. I, however, like to also enjoy sushi with a glass of red wine. This is a challenge because the characteristics of red wine can be significantly harder to pair with sushi's widely varying and aggressive flavors. Two basic sushi condiments, wasabi and soy sauce, are difficult enough on their own with wasabi being hot and soy sauce being very salty. Excessive salt is almost always an enemy of red wines and can completely kill the flavors, making the wine seem bitter. But sushi is about more than soy and wasabi, it is also about different fish in small bites. Nigiri style sushi is usually raw and we typically order a wide range of fish from salmon to yellowtail to octopus. The flavors, colors and textures are all distinct and a red wine that manages to work with salmon (one of the easier red wine pairs), often has a harder time with octopus or salmon roe (gluten free, like the soy sauce, for me, thanks).

So I experiment often with different red wines and sushi. I love Spanish wines and tend to think that they are more versatile than often given credit for. watch sushi girl online 1channelAt a recent tasting featuring Ribera del Duero wines, I tried the Señorio del Tallar Tinto. where to buy sushi grade salmon in nycRibera del Duero is a wine region in Spain southwest of Rioja, the country's most famous wine region. gry online sushi chefLocated on the Duero River, the region grows several grapes, including tempranillo. play free youda sushi chef game onlineThe wine we tried tonight is, in fact, 100% tempranillo and the taste actually works with more than half of the sushi we've ordered which is not bad considering we even added a couple of pieces of lightly pickled saba (mackerel).

The Señorio del Tallar expresses some interesting characteristics for a tempranillo in that there are noticeable blueberry notes that sit almost as strongly as the characteristic red fruit, especially when the wine is first opened. I'm not sure if that's regional or just with this particular vintage as I haven't tried enough of it, but it caught my attention right away. As the wine airs, the red fruit, especially cherry, comes out, and in sipping the wine without taking a bit of fish, the wine's tobacco flavor comes through with generous tannins and light acidity. It's a good wine for the price and while I don't think I've found the perfect red wine pair for sushi with this one, I am pleased that the rather flavorful and oily hamachi toro (yellowtail belly) worked nicely. A good piece of hamachi toro is a pleasure matched by few earthly experiences, and to ruin that with a bad wine would be a shame. In comparing this to white wine with sushi, I like this better with sushi than a viognier or sauvignon blanc, but not as much as a riesling or chenin blanc.

When you're shopping, you'll find Señorio del Tallar at Total Wine or at selective wine shops in your area. Sushi is a difficult one. What are your favorite red wine/sushi pairs that work? Any suggestions you'd like me to try? Dr. Greg Shaw is an assistant professor with the Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration at California State University, Sacramento, and the co-author of a book chapter, Tourism in A Bottle: The California Winescape. Latest from Greg B. C. Shaw Jabulani Ntshangase, South Africa’s Wine Pioneer Red, White and Black: All Colors of Oregon Wine with André Mack McBride Sisters Create Wine for the New World Marbue Marke: A Winemaker Coming Into His Own Iris Rideau and Rideau Vineyard This Week’s Pairing – 2010 Di Majo Norante Sangiovese This Week’s Pairing – Red and White Holiday Punches Joomla SEF URLs by ArtioSushi Restaurants That Accept Bitcoin as A Form of Payment Bitcoin is a fast growing non-fiat digital currency that is gaining popularity at such an incredible rate, within the past year, over 10,000 new institutions now accept this virtual, or crypto-currency.

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