Funny I should read your blog today...we just bought some asparagus a few days ago and have been enjoying it since....although, maybe I need to qualify that...we bought 'baby' asparagus. Which, I have to say is easier going on the wine 'pairing' dilema...'cause all you have to do with those bad boys is a light steam, a quick saute with butter and salt and BAM... yer good to go. I had no problems with my cab sav with it either...but, as you have noted...my palette tends to be pretty WIDE...but, I think I would have detected anything offensive...maybe. I'm not exactly drinking the 'good stuff' these days..budgetary concerns.... What about a chenin blanc with aforementioned greenery? I would think that maybe a nice...ummm, oh the regions escape me now...upper loire?...they do the chenin blanc right? Ah...I'm going to quit now before I embarrass myself. We're planting an italian herb garden...I find you just can't have enough fresh rosemary.... Steve
Joe Power
· 1 year ago
I think a Chenin Blanc would work pretty well, too. Another reader emailed me that she thought a Muscadet would be a fine match, too, so apparently I missed the boat by not adding some Loire wines to the list.
Are you planting the herbs outside? What considerations do you have to take given the climate extremes down here?
Steve
· 1 year ago
What extremes? There's hot, and there's humid. :) We've basically put an entire Italian herb garden in a location that doesn't get a ton of sun...there's a coupld of trees shading it...and we just need to stay on top of making sure they don't dry out...we've got tomatoes, eggplant, squash, rosemary, oregano, thyme....they're doing really well right now....I don't knows if I'll be able to say that come June.... Also, we basically built this little area up with about a foot and 1/2 of potting soil...so the plants aren't actually in the 'gumbo' that primarily makes up the houston soil. Hopefully, the extra drainage will help.
Joe Power
· 1 year ago
Good luck and when is dinner?
Diane O'Neil
· 1 year ago
I just came over from MustLoveWine to check out your site. Asparagus is one of my favorite veggies, but it won't be ready in my garden here in Montana for a few weeks. We like to grill it with a bit of Italian salad dressing, or a little olive oil, then sprinkle with fresh parmesan or other Italian cheese. The French seem to prefertheir asparagus white, as that's all we see in the markets there. I'll try some of your suggestions for wine pairing, but I'm a serious "red wino", the stronger the better.
Joe Power
· 1 year ago
Welcome Diane!
Outdoor Gas Grills
· 4 months ago
I love asparagus. I'd like to try the white asparagus. Any one tried that?
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yer good to go. I had no problems with my cab sav with it either...but, as you have noted...my palette tends to be pretty WIDE...but, I think I would have detected anything offensive...maybe. I'm not exactly drinking the 'good stuff' these days..budgetary concerns....
What about a chenin blanc with aforementioned greenery? I would think that maybe a nice...ummm, oh the regions escape me now...upper loire?...they do the chenin blanc right? Ah...I'm going to quit now before I embarrass myself.
We're planting an italian herb garden...I find you just can't have enough fresh rosemary....
Steve
Are you planting the herbs outside? What considerations do you have to take given the climate extremes down here?
We've basically put an entire Italian herb garden in a location that doesn't get a ton of sun...there's a coupld of trees shading it...and we just need to stay on top of making sure they don't dry out...we've got tomatoes, eggplant, squash, rosemary, oregano, thyme....they're doing really well right now....I don't knows if I'll be able to say that come June....
Also, we basically built this little area up with about a foot and 1/2 of potting soil...so the plants aren't actually in the 'gumbo' that primarily makes up the houston soil. Hopefully, the extra drainage will help.
The French seem to prefertheir asparagus white, as that's all we see in the markets there.
I'll try some of your suggestions for wine pairing, but I'm a serious "red wino", the stronger the better.