Wine with Rock & Roll

[David M. Bueker]

An odd item on CNN.com captured my attention this AM. The wine director of a couple of places in Georgia pairs up wines with Rock & Roll. A dubious pracitce at best, trying to match wine and music, but what's interesting to me is his set of wine selections. There's some geek credibility.

See the article here.

I get sweet onions in German Rieslings, too.

[David M. Bueker]

I've never gotten the sweet onions thing. Pierre Rovani (Parker's former sidekick) used to talk about spring onions in Riesling. I wonder if it's some strange combination of sulfur and minerality with the sweetness of the wine just coming together to suggest something onion-esque.

Iraqi Jews make stuffed onions that evoke German Rieslings, to me.

Iraqi Jews make stuffed onions that evoke German Rieslings, to me.

What are they stuffed with?

Rice and meat and I don't know what else.

But the biggest impression on the taste buds is the onions.

Rice and meat and I don't know what else.

But the biggest impression on the taste buds is the onions.

Well with your connection to riesling I thought they might have been stuffing them with apricots and oranges!

How about Txakoli with "Positively 4th St.?"

How about Txakoli with "Positively 4th St.?"

It's about time someone found a wine pairing for diatribe.

[David M. Bueker]

How about Txakoli with "Positively 4th St.?"

Wouldn't you want something a bit more nervy?