Tasmania + Hawaii: Celebrating with an Island Wine and Island Eats #WorldWineTravel

Here we are for the August World Wine Travel event. Deanna of Wineivore is hosting. You can read her invitation here. She has us looking at sparkling Australian wines as well as wines from Tasmania. 

If you are joining us early enough, jump in to a live conversation with us on Twitter. Follow the hashtag #WorldWineTravel and be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of the articles for this event... 

• Lori is tasting Tasmanian Sparkling and Egg Rolls at Exploring the Wine Glass
• Camilla showcases Tasmania + Hawaii: Celebrating with an Island Wine and Island Eats at Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Jeff shares how we can Discover Rutherglen Stickies at Food Wine Click!
• Robin pairs Sparkling Wine from Jansz Tasmania and a Tassie-inspired seafood curry pie at Crushed Grape Chronicles
• Kat has a Surprise! South Australia Pét-Nat is on the Rise at The Corkscrew Concierge
• Susannah explores Tasmanian Chardonnay at Avvinare
• Deanna pops an Australian Sparkling Wine from Deviation Road at Wineivore
• Nicole offered Bubbles from Way Down Under: Jansz Premium Cuvée Brut fromTasmania with Lobster Tartines at Somm's Table
• Linda has Sparkling Aussie Shiraz as summer draws to a close at My Full Wine Glass

My Island Wine: Jansz Premium NV Rosé 

I picked up a couple of bottles of the Jansz Premium NV Rosé awhile back and held onto them for a special celebration. In this case, I chilled this and popped it open for D's graduation dinner. 

This sparkling wine is a blend of three different grape varieties - all batches were kept separate during winemaking before blending and a second fermentation in bottles. This ended up being 68% Pinot Noir, 6% Pinot Meunier, and 26% Chardonnay.

The wine poured a delicate salmon color with aromas of wild strawberries, ripe citrus, and delicate flowers. On the palate the wine was supple, plump, and creamy with a fine perlage. This savory sparkler was the perfect all-around sipping wine with lots of different island eats.

Island Eats

Because we were taking a long-awaited graduation trip to Hawaii, we planned a menu with several of their favorites. Here's a round-up of some of what we served with the Jansz. Click on the name to go to the recipe post. Aloha!

Spam Musubi

Ahi Poke

And I guess I never did post the recipes for my Hawaiian Mac Salad and Grilled Octopus. Stay tuned!

That's a wrap for my offering to the Tasmanian #WorldWineTravel event. The group will be back next month with our first exploration of New Zealand with Martin of ENOFYLZ Wine Blog hosting wines from Martinborough on New Zealand's North Island.