Aaron Berdofe's Wine and Food Experience

Rating: 5/5

Aaron Berdofe’s new album: Rising

Wine: Maquis Lien 2006

Notes: It’s the first crossover post!!!  This will be posted in conjunction with the Aaron Berdofe Music blog. So the new album is officially done.  In the can.  Mastered.  Boom.  And I bet you didn’t think you could pair wine with music.  Well you can.  There are actually people in California (where else?) studying this and trying to boil it down to a science much like pairing wine and food is.  Did you think I would just sit and listen to my new album? No! I’ll have a wine that is silky smooth, but has some complexity to match the music I’m hearing.  I am continually searching for a Syrah/Carmenere blend from Chile here in the good ol’ U.S of A. because I was blown away by them down in in the land of good Pisco.  However, about all I can find are the Syrah/Carmenere/Cab. Franc/Petite Syrah blends that Casa Lapostolle made world recognizable in 2008.  Maquis Lien is one such blend of the four grapes so I decided to pair it with my final listening session merely an hour after I bounced my last mastered song off of my upcoming album: Rising (due out very, very soon).  Unfortunately, the locale of the release party does not carry this wine, but they do carry some other tasty ones.  So stay tuned for upcoming dates!  And for those food/wine purists out there: have this wine with a spicy burger and some avocado on top.  But go listen to the music while you’re chowing down!