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Top pairings for Pinot Noir: some new ideas from Natasha Hughes

Posted on August 25 2009 at 07:39

Natasha Hughes re-orders her hit list of wine matches for pinot following her visit to the International Pinot Noir Celebration.

If you happen to be an ardent Pinotphile, as I am, an invitation to the annual International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC) is of the same order as an invitation to a lock-in at the sweetie shop.

For an entire weekend every July, hundreds of Pinot lovers, professionals and amateurs alike, throng the Linfield College Campus in the heart of Oregon’s Willamette Valley in order to talk about Pinot Noir – and taste it – with the men and women who make it.

Needless to say, a fair bit of Pinot gets drunk over the course of the festivities, most of it at the event’s lavish lunches and dinners. These are designed to showcase the very best produce from the Pacific Northwest, cooked by 40 of the top chefs from Oregon and Washington.

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Comments: 4 (Add)

Fred from Down Under on July 16 2020 at 13:41

TO MIRIAM

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David Porter on May 8 2013 at 03:39

Whoa!! Miriam you really need to read the above lovely food matchings and take the time to relax and savour the incredible joy of tasting one of god's greatest miracles -- Pinot Noir. Travel the world with this glorious grape from Oregon to Napa to New Zealand to Australia and on to France via Italy. Just as there are many grape varieties so there are many types of people. We are ALL god's children. Rejoice. Many thanks Fiona loved the food advice.

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