Grape Wine Journey

Home-made French Onion Soup

Something simple …… black pepper ham with French bread
Something light …….. home-made French onion soup

After having a heavy brunch, something simple and light for dinner sounds very tempting.   As always a bottle of wine is a must to enjoy with the meal.

Finding a bottle of everyday wine is fun and being asked for advice is even more rewarding.   My first question is always the price point.  For me white wines around $1xx and red wines around $2xx are my definition of everyday wines.

Tonight the Bordeaux red is Ch Respide-Medeville from Graves, not a very well-known Chateau.  But the owner is a Champagne house that produced a  rosé Champagne that I enjoy a lot.

The wine is medium body, shows black fruit and vanilla, the tannin is quite smooth;  a wine that could pair with white meat and red meat.  Definitely match well with the simple and light dinner.

So my first rule is to go for a wine maker you enjoy!