Grey Fox New Release Party

We were excited about the prospect of a new release wine-pairing dinner. We readied ourselves for an exciting wine experience when we received word that Grey Fox would be hosting a wine-pairing dinner. Traditionally, when I’ve heard the term wine pairing, I think of a dinner of several courses where each course is paired with its own unique wine. This was not the case.

Instead, each course was paired with one wine, a new release white wine, Verdelho. The wine started off good when we had it with the crackers and cheese prior to the first course, a yogurt-berry cold soup. Unfortunately, after the sweetness of the soup, the wine took on a medicine/cough syrup quality that couldn’t be shaken after subsequent courses of salad, fish, and desert. I was sad because had the wine pairing dinner been treated properly. I think that their wines would have been highlighted for us.

Previously, we found Grey Fox to have good wines – especially when it comes to their ports. We have a good number of Grey Fox wines on hand. I just wish they had done more to showcase the wine, rather than knowingly mismatch it with such a sweet dish out the door.

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