March 5

The Pajama Party – My favorite girlfriend weekend

Next weekend, March 12 – 14th I will be heading out to The Pajama Party at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. This is one of my favorite events all year as it is just so much fun.
Next weekend will be filled with great seminars – I do one on pairing wine and chocolate, so I [...]

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This week on WG TV Erin shares hints and tips on how to build the perfect ice bucket for chilling wine.

Posts Tagged ‘riesling’

 

Shrimp and Snow Peas

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Shrimp and Snow Peas

Submitted by Sandy.

Original recipe sourced from www.myasiankitchenny.com

Wine Pairing ideas – Your favorite Riesling, Gewurzatramier, Prosecco, or Pinot Gris would all be great choices with this dish.

Ingredients
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 small sliced shallot
1 pound 21/30 size shrimp, shelled, deveined and butterflied
1 pound snow peas, topped, tailed and de-stringed
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 tablespoons dark Chinese cooking wine
1/4 teaspoon each of salt & ground white pepper, or to taste

Directions

Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger and shallot and stir-fry until just beginning to turn color, about 15 seconds. Add shrimp, snow peas, cooking wine and oyster sauce. Continue stir-frying until shrimp are just cooked through and snow peas are crisp-tender, 5 to 6 minutes. Season with the ground white pepper and salt. Serve immediately along with jasmine rice.

Variations

This dish is very versatile. You can substitute the shrimps with chicken, beef or pork.  Vegetarians can omit the oyster sauce and substitute it with black bean sauce and add tofu and cashews as protein.


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Inniskillin 07, Riesling Icewine, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

With us all celebrating our athletes as they compete in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, I thought it would be fun to share a special wine that comes from British Columbia’s own Okanagan Valley.

The Inniskillin 07, Riesling Icewine is a beautiful example of why our Canadian icewines are prized by wine lovers all around the world.

This wine is filled with the aromas and flavours of peaches, apricots, honey, warm lemons, pink grapefruit, ripe apples and pears and has a wonderful balance between its sweet fruit flavours and its naturally high acidity, so you don’t have worry about it being too “gooey” or over the top sweet as you enjoying it while watching your favorite sport or medal ceremony.

I enjoy serving this wine at room temperature or just a bit below so that I can fully enjoy all of its aromatics at their best. Try this wine paired with peach or apple pie, cheese plates with dried fruit, pound cake with whipped cream, popcorn with dried apricots, or just in a glass on its own.

Retails between $59.00 and 79.00 across the country

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WG TV – Canadian Icewine

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

This week Erin talks about Canadian Icewines in this weeks episode of WG TV

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WG TV – Olympic Preview: Greek Wines

Friday, January 15th, 2010

This week Erin talks about Greek Wines in preview of the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

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WG TV – Wine and your healthy lifestyle

Friday, January 8th, 2010

This week Erin shares how wine can be included in your new year’s healthy lifestyle goals

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WG TV – Last minute party hints and tips

Friday, December 18th, 2009

This week Erin shares some last minute hints and tips to help make this holiday season as easy as possible for you.

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WG TV – How cold does it have to be for wine to freeze?

Friday, December 11th, 2009

This week Erin answers the questions of what happens if a bottle is left in the cold and how cold does it have to be for wine to freeze.

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WG TV – Holiday Cheese Platter Basics

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

This week Erin shares some hints for creating a holiday cheese platter

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WG TV – Wine and Food Pairing ideas for Grey Cup Weekend

Friday, November 27th, 2009

This week Erin shares some of her food and wine pairing ideas to enjoy while watching this weekends Grey Cup football game.

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WG TV – Wine Girl turns into a cartoon and discusses the new Beaujolais release

Friday, November 20th, 2009

This week we try something new and turn Wine girl into a cartoon as we discuss this years new Beaujolais release

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