Sextant Wines & Gorgonzola Dolce

Since it is Mother's Day, we're celebrating with one of Mom's favorite dinners. She loves a good brisket, but loves a good Santa Monica Tri-Tip from the grill even more. We found an amazing piece of Gorgonzola Dolce cheese for sauce and we're pairing this feast with a beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon from Sextant Winery, one of our favorite wineries just up the road in Paso Robles.

Gorgonzola is an Italian blue cheese that is made in Northern Italy in the Piedmont and Lombardy regions. It's a creamy cow's milk cheese that is usually aged 3-6 months. Gorgonzola is delicious on its own with a nice Port, something sweet and velvety. An off-dry Riesling or Sauternes are also good, and we usually serve it with crackers and pear. 

That being said, we are going to open a 2016 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon or the 2017 Night Watch Proprietary Red Blend (or both) to go with this meal, since we are going to make a sauce with the Gorgonzola and it just makes sense with red meat. If we were using the sauce on pasta (add a little rosemary and walnuts and you've gone to heaven) we'd be opening a Pinot Gris or Chenin Blanc. 

Wine sales are up all over the country with the "Safe at Home" order (which we have been calling "Sip at Home") and since businesses have temporarily closed, wineries have gotten clever about sharing tastings; Sextant is selling Virtual Wine Tasting Kits. 

You can order one of their kits and taste with them LIVE on Zoom & Facebook every Thursday at 5:30PM Pacific time. Order a 2 or 3-bottle kit, pop open a bottle with them, and taste with them from home! Their team will be tasting and talking about these wines while answering questions live. They'll email the link and instructions and they are charging only $1 ground shipping on all kits. Kits available now for their May 14, 21, and 28 Virtual Tastings: https://sextantwines.com/wines and scroll down to the bottom of that page to find this.

It's a beautiful way to spend a Thursday evening (date night with the spouse!) on the patio with the laptop, and no one has to be the designated driver.

Check out Sextant Wines at https://sextantwines.com/ If you become a member (we are), you can get some gorgeous wines that are reserved for members only. We highly recommend them.