Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This month, the World Wine Travel bloggers are traveling to Victoria, Australia and looking at white wine from the region. Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm is hosting. If you are reading this early enough, we are changing it up from our usual Twitter chat and opting for a Zoom chat. This should be lively though a wee bit early for us Left Coasters. I'll be the one with the messy bun, coffee in hand, and probably still in pajamas!  Join through this link on Saturday, May 28th at 8am Pacific. Here's the list of articles that the writers are sharing... Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm paired  Peach Chicken and a Chardonnay from Fowles Farm .  Cam of Culinary Adventures with Camilla shares  Steamed Mussels with a Citrus Drizzle + Punt Road Pinot Gris 2019 . Terri of Our Good Life is enjoying  Summertime Charcuterie with Whipped Feta + Butterfly Effect Rose Grenache . Jeff of Food Wine Click! serves up Frisk Prickly Riesling with Hoisin Pork . Deanna o...

When I saw the invitation from David , at CookingChat , for a food + wine pairing blogging event, I was in. Instantly. "Do you enjoy the interplay of good food and wine?" Yes . "Do you relish the challenge of finding a great wine pairing for your weekend meals?" Yes! David writes about how a good wine pairing enhances a meal. I agree wholeheartedly. And I knew that, for this kick-off post, I wanted to pour the just released off-dry Pinot Gris from Holman Ranch : .5 Degrees Brix. A friend had given me a bottle for my birthday and I was intrigued. Not completely familiar with the terms 'off-dry' and 'degrees Brix,' I did some reading. Turns out degrees Brix is a sugar code akin to the IBUs in beer. Where IBUs reveal the bitterness of a beer, degrees Brix measures the percentage of sugar content in a liquid. There is a more scientific explanation with percentages of sugar translating to percentages of alcohol. Suffice it to say: low residual...