When 1 + 1 = more than 2

Some things in life are much greater than the sum of their individual parts.  A symphony produces much bigger and richer sound than any and all of its instruments played alone.  A great team, in any sport, is always better than the sum of its individual talents.  A peanut butter and jelly sandwich trumps a plain old peanut butter sandwich or simple jelly sandwich every time.  Freshly popped popcorn, an ice cold fountain cherry coke and a great midday movie theater trip is at least 10X better than the sum of all of those individual things.  Point being, sometimes a special combination of different things add up to more than they should.

The perfect pairing of wine and food is just such an occasion where 1 + 1 = >2.  We discovered a perfect example of this at tonight's WK Wild Game dinner.  We had a 2005 Chianti Classico ("Classico" in this sense means it comes from a sub-region within Chianti which contains the original Chianti area as outlined in 1716.) Riserva ("Riserva" in Chianti means the wine was aged at least 28 months.) from Savignola Paolina.  With the Chianti we served a wild boar ragout with house made parpadelle noodles.  

The rich gaminess of the ragout was a perfect match for the robust and tangy cherry flavors of the Chianti.  The Chianti and wild boar, a traditional paring in Tuscany, created an experience as much as they did a meal.  

Even cold ragout in a takeout container, eaten with a plastic fork while standing up and looking over TPS reports at 1am  becomes a culinary delight with a generous glass of the Savignola Paolina Chianti Classico Riserva  2005. 

Try something new with something new - it may just be the next big thing.  

Dynamite and Wine

Join us this Wednesday (Feb. 11) as Tarara Winery in association with Flavor Magazine wil be tasting some of their delicious wines with us from 5:30 to 7:30.  The event will be complimentary and promises to be a great opportunity to taste wines from one of the most well known wineries in Virginia.  

Founded in 1989 by Ralph J. "Whitie" Hubert and wife Margaret.    One of Whitie's first things he did was create a cave to put his winery in.  Anyone who starts making wine with dynamite is alright by us.