Apart from the steak, that sounds good.
May I suggest a nice southern french Grenache, like a Côte Du Rhône for that.
Actually any well made and well matured Grenache from the southern part of France would do just as well.
The key word here is: "Well matured".
Most wines nowadays are made to be consumed within a few ( Too effing few!) years of their birth date.
Go for one of those wineyards that make a Grenache designed for a longer life and you'll be fine.
However, Chateauneuf Du Pape and Hermitage will be too heavy for your meal, so avoid those.
Chateauneuf Du Pape is not pure Grenache, anyway, but a blend of up to 13 different grapes with Grenache being the dominant note.
Hey, Jimster.
I can keep this bullshit up as long as you care to read it. I think I must have been an effeminate wine waiter in a former life. Not the last one, though, I was a 50 cent whore in the Shanghai harbour district in that. That still makes for some weird dreams once in a while.
Man, I wish you lived on the same continent as I, then I would have fun sending you stuff and you could send me stuff from Montana..
I almost did, when you turned me on to homemade blue cheese dressing.
Want a Danish blue cheese that won the world cheese championship in the blue cheese class twice?
Send me your address in a PM and I'll get on it.
Shit, I'll even go and find a piece of "
Le Gruyere" and include that, just so my wife can feel that I've honored her Schweizischer roots, too
( Won the " World's best cheese" prize something like 6 times in a row. It is IMO the BEST there is, and I've had a taste of most of them)
Then I can amuse myself by suggesting what wine to drink with them.
Easy with the Gruyere.
Anything made by the Chasselat grape will go well with that.
No big surprise, as they are both Swiss.
Fendant is IMO the most underrated white wine in the world, for the simple reason that the Swiss drink it all and don't export any.
We had some friends over for dinner, who consider themselves wine connoiseurs ( And aren't by my standard...........would look bad in a blind tasting!)
Served them a not quite top class Fendant.
It was fun to see all their preconceptions about Swiss wine blown away by the magnitude of that wine.
Last time I asked them if they wanted to come for dinner, the guy said: " Got any more Swiss wine?"
Anyway, If you want wine bullshit or the real stuff, I'm your man.
I'm slightly better at the real stuff, though
