A Chilean Dinner Party

Echeverria_wineIt is all about the wine. I fully recommend these two wines to pour for your dinner guests. Ours drank 6 bottles of Bako’s finest. Santa Carolina – Sauvignon Blanc 2005, D.O. Valle Del Rapel. This wine is a deep golden-green colour and is fresh, fruity and crisp. It has a clean taste and is not too dry. The red was Echeverria – Carmenere 2004. It has gold stickers all over the bottle awarding it the 2005 gold tropy winner for Best Value. This Carmenere Red Wine is well balanced with fruit, spice and pepper notes it has a long lasting finish that went well with our spicy ribs.

Our menu for the evening went like this: Asparagus and Cream cheese pate, Chilean Salsa and tortilla chips… yum! Jerusalem Artichoke Soup and Jalapeno Cheese bread to start with. For the main entre we enjoyed Chilean pilaf-type rice, Butternut Squash Casserole, Zesty carrot and sweet onion condiment, warm corn bread, Spicy Baby Back Pork Ribs (marinated in a chile and garlic paste). Dessert we had room for coffee, khalua, and piled high Profiteroles drizzled with Caramel Sauce. These old folks can’t stay up past midnight anymore. You can see more pictures here.

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  1. :drool: Eileen your gourmet Chilean dinner sounds and looks so great. We had left-over cold muskrat with Nesquik (Nov ’05) infused chocolate milk for a beverage. :lol:

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