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Port pairs perfectly with dessert
INDEPENDENT in Placerville is serving a Rhubarb berry crisp with the 2002 and 2008 New-World Port from Madroña Vineyards during New-World Port Month. Many El Dorado County restaurants are participating with special desserts to go with the port. Democrat photo by Krysten Kellum
Paring wine and food, if done well, enhances the culinary experience.
Normally this is done at a wine dinner or special event where several wines are paired with several different dishes. However, Paul Bush, co-owner and winemaker at Madroña Vineyards, has come up with a different idea: celebrate a specific wine for a month, feature it in the tasting room of the winery and work with the local restaurants to pair it with a dish they create.
For the month of February a dessert wine, Madroña's New World Port, is the featured wine and it will be followed by zinfandel in May, riesling in August and cabernet franc in November.
"The basic idea is to try and educate people about wine," said Bush. "It is also an attempt to get people to not only try our local restaurants but to linger longer and enjoy their meals; it is the difference between eating and dining.
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