Highest Wine/Lowest Food Pairing

[Chris_Seiber]

61 Latour and a bag of pork rinds (I hate it when I have to go last).

[Roberto_Rogness]

That should have rocked Chris…

[M_Dildine]

@Chris Seiber

61 Latour and a bag of pork rinds (I hate it when I have to go last).

'45 Mouton and a mouthful of fetid swamp mud.

[Brent_C_l_a_y_t_o_n]

1982 Pichon Lalande out of styrofoam cups poolside while eating Italian grinders during our lunch break while delivering/unloading a customer’s wine on Martha’s Vineyard.

[Jim_V_a_n_P_e_l_t]

Multiple occasions…higher end Rieslings with Johnsonville Brats. Killer pairing!

[Sean_Devaney]

Tailgate Jim?

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

@Jim Van Pelt

Multiple occasions…higher end Rieslings with Johnsonville Brats. Killer pairing!

That sounds effin’ awesome.

[Kevin_Thornton]

ooh, good one. love champagne and french fries. my personal best is '07 Scarecrow with simple braised short ribs. sometimes, i think the wine should own the night.

[johngonzales]

Mid-80s Ch. Margaux with day old KFC at my uncle’s house.
97 Bryant with a Steak’n’Shake burger
Not exactly a pairing: a friend and I meant to stop for dinner and a bottle prior to a Sting show at the Greek but got really delayed. So we drank a 95 PahlmyerRed from the bottle in the parking lot. Definitely crude.
I’ve had champagne with popcorn or potato chips many times and it works fine.

[ToddFrench]

@M. Dildine

@Larry P

Champagne and fish tacos are a regular at my Superbowl parties. I guess that’s the closest I can come up with, but honestly I never thought of that as a high/low pairing.

Joel Peterson calls for Champagne and popcorn in a recent wine searcher interview:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2012/11/q-and-a-joel-peterson

Thanks Larry, I never tire of listening to Joel. I’ll try that popcorn/sparkler idea!

Champagne and truffle popcorn, in particular, is extraordinary.

Dammit, now I want Champagne and truffle popcorn!!

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

will a bit of truffle oil suffice for the truffle popcorn?

[ToddFrench]

@Brian G r a f s t r o m

will a bit of truffle oil suffice for the truffle popcorn?

That’s part of how you make it - truffle oil in the cooking oil, truffle oil in the butter (that you melt), and truffle salt, plus parmesan cheese. Freakin’ yum.

[dteng]

Where’s Randy?
Surely he’s got this one!

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

@Todd F r e n c h

@Brian G r a f s t r o m

will a bit of truffle oil suffice for the truffle popcorn?

That’s part of how you make it - truffle oil in the cooking oil, truffle oil in the butter (that you melt), and truffle salt, plus parmesan cheese. Freakin’ yum.

Geee-suss!! That sounds ridiculous. I likey!!!

[Larry_P]

@Todd F r e n c h

@M. Dildine

@Larry P

Champagne and fish tacos are a regular at my Superbowl parties. I guess that’s the closest I can come up with, but honestly I never thought of that as a high/low pairing.

Joel Peterson calls for Champagne and popcorn in a recent wine searcher interview:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2012/11/q-and-a-joel-peterson

Thanks Larry, I never tire of listening to Joel. I’ll try that popcorn/sparkler idea!

Champagne and truffle popcorn, in particular, is extraordinary.

Dammit, now I want Champagne and truffle popcorn!!

[Larry_P]

@Roberto Rogness

Robert Fleming has often recommended popcorn cooked in duck fat then topped with Parmigiano Reggiano and Truffle Salt with Champagne.

How else would one make popcorn?

[Ian_P]

Just came in from doing some yard work and my mother came over and we ordered Pizza Hut (not even good pizza!!). I told her to grab a bottle of wine from the cellar and went to take a shower. When I returned to the kitchen, the pizza was there and she (doesn’t know much about wine) had opened a '96 Latour!!! Not what I had planned for the bottle but it was still great. When I watched Sideways I immediatly thought about that night.

[ToddFrench]

@Ian P.

Just came in from doing some yard work and my mother came over and we ordered Pizza Hut (not even good pizza!!). I told her to grab a bottle of wine from the cellar and went to take a shower. When I returned to the kitchen, the pizza was there and she (doesn’t know much about wine) had opened a '96 Latour!!! Not what I had planned for the bottle but it was still great. When I watched Sideways I immediatly thought about that night.

No way - seriously???

When was this?

[Bob_Hughes]

I had an '82 Mouton and a '59 Margaux paired up with cold cuts & cheese down the Jersey shore one year a while back .

[Jane_Crabill]

A restaurant in Raleigh did a promotion with burgers grilled outdoors (and a few other inexpensive choices) and fine wines. The idea was $15 food and spend a bit more on wine. I tried the burgers with a Chateauneuf du Pape, and a Joseph Swan Syrah and I think a Pinot Noir and both the CdP and Syrah were a fine match.