To celebrate the Oscars, Jackie hosted a party at her house with a blind wine tasting theme of Syrahs or Shirazs. So we all brought different wines and ranked the wines we thought tasted best.
The places of Syrahs/Shirazs represented right to left in pic Australia (A-Yellowtail 2008), Chile (B-RaYun 2008), Argentina (C-Gouguehaheim 2008), Southern Oregon (Dobbes Syrah V-2006), California (Virgin 2007).
The winner of the blind tasting test was Napo! 5 out of 5 of the wines. Runner up with 3 of 5 was the rest of the crew (Jackie, Mercedes, Andy, Katrina,n Melissa). The top 3 surprises of wines were Aussie, Oregon, n Cali. A majority's heart or should I say taste buds drew to the believed Yellowtail which brought back fond memories of Jazz in the park in WI.
What could add to the night of tasting wine and Oscar bingo? That would be a food bounty!! There was plenty to graze on with yummy spinach dip in bread bowl, chicken puffs, carmelized onion puffs, crab roll ups, meatballs, and numerous dipping veggies, chips, pretzels, and bread to eat the cheesy fondue. For dessert, it was round two of fondue with chocolate. The wine and chocolate fondue was especially tasty with pretzels, marshmallows, bananas, pound cake, n Jaxie doodles. The Oscar night finished on all high notes with plenty of first time Oscar winners and everyone's belly full of wine and eats. Toast to the hostess with the mostest and a great night of Oscars!!