Cookies and Wine

Can you beat the Milk and Cookie Combination? Yes You Can!

Chocolate Chip

The Joy of a chocolate chip cookie and wine can not be understated. I recommend you try the cookie with a Cabernet. A Merlot makes a nice match with the chocolate chips. Another suggestion would be a Malbec. 

Now, my personal selection would be an Ortega wine. Yes, it's a white wine, but the flavours go well with the chocolate.

Of course you can also go high class with Champagne or a rich Port.

Peanut Butter

The classic Peanut Butter cookie calls for a sweater wine. Try a Tawny port or a Madeira, a Portuguese sweet wine with caramel, almonds, coffee, and raisins.

One I have not had the pleasure of tasting is Banyuls A French dessert wine made from old vines cultivated in terraces on the slopes of the Catalan Pyrenees in the Roussillon county of France, bordering, to the south, the Empordà wine region in Catalonia in Spain.

White Chocolate Chip

Ice wine and more Ice wine goes best with with the famous White Chip Cookie. You can also try a Late Harvest wine. 

Some other suggestions include a German Riesling (it's sweeter than most other countries), Madeira, or a port. You might also try a Pinot Noir.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

For this one I am going with Cabernet Sauvignon. One that features Vanilla and Caramal. You can aslo try the Madeira.

Buttery Shortbread

The rich, buttery notes of the Chardonnay complement the cookie’s flavour, creating a harmonious combination. Additionally, the warm vanilla undertones in the shortbread are enhanced by this buttery white wine. 

My personal choice would be a Bacchus wine.

Snowball Cookies

A Christmas favourite, Snowball Cookies, dusted in powdered sugar, rich in butter, and brought to the next level with pecans, hit that sweet spot of being both very satisfying and easy to make. Bring out those rich pecan notes even further with a late-harvest Chardonnay. 

General wine-pairing wisdom recommends that your chosen wine should be sweeter than what you’re eating, as more saccharine food can accentuate harshness or unwanted bitterness in your glass. So, if you’re choosing between two bottles of the same style of wine, the sweeter option is almost always the right way to go when it comes to drinking with dessert.

 

Enjoying A Rainy Sunday

On a rainy Sunday afternoon Barbra and I had arranged to visit Festina Lente Estate Winery Today was their Farmers Market event. Not a great day to be in the great outdoors in the month of May.

I was reminded by a song by artist Marilyn Sellars best know for her hit "One Day at a Time. The song is called the "The Rain has to Make a Living too." Off we went knowing two things for sure the meads would be outstanding and the we would receive a warm welcome.

There were about twenty booth set up on the lawn with vendors braving the rain. The Travelling Tea Party Food Truck was their proving food for everyone. 

Barbara and I considered ourself quick luck to have a table inside reserved for us by the owners Bill and Teresa Townsley. Seven years ago, Teresa Bill bought a 5-acre hobby farm in Langley. They have colonies of honey bees, chickens and horses. They even grow some grapes. I wonder what the future holds for those grapes.

The winery features numerous  events through out the Spring, Summer and Fall months. Most of their events include local artists.

Bill, the winemaker, and Teressa the CEO run a very successful business. In fact Trip adviser reviews give them a 100 % rating. My wife and I find them among the very best Mead producers in the Northwest and beyond.

Today we tried two wines their Bacchus made with honey and Fox grapes. Simply bursting with flavour! This is going to become one of my favourite wines. Next we had the honour of trying a yet to be released Blueberry mead. WOW!

What a wonderful way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Mead/Honey Wine | Festina Lente Estate Winery