Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This month, Deanna of  Wineivore  is hosting the #WorldWineTravel group as we turn our eyes toward the wines, cuisine, and region of Castilla-La Mancha. You can read her preview here . And if you are reading this early enough, feel free to join our Twitter chat. We're live on Saturday, November 27th at 8am Pacific. Follow the hashtag #WorldWineTravel and be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here are the group's offerings... Camilla is Chasing Windmills with Tojunto + Bodegas Volver La Mancha Single Vineyard Tempranillo 2017 at Culinary Adventures with Camilla Martin is Tasting A Rare Grape Variety: The 2018 Bodegas Gratias Tardana Sol at ENOFYLZ Wine Blog Jeff entices us with La Mancha by the Liter - Gulp Hablo at Food Wine Click! Gwendolyn is Dreaming Impossible Dreams: Tilting at Windmills withTempranillo and Verdejo from Castilla La Mancha at Wine Predator...Gwendolyn Alley. Lynn is living La Mancha Local - Wine with Project Envínate at Savo...

This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the January #WinePW event. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. To kick off 2109, Jeff of FoodWineClick! is hosting the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers as we explore the eats and sips of Argentina. You can read his invitation  here ...and see his photo of the wines since I completely neglected to get a full line-up shot before I started opening and pairing. Whoops. photo courtesy Jeff, FoodWineClick! So, this event was a great opportunity to explore, research, and learn more about the wines of Argentina. I'm very grateful to the event sponsor - Winesellers, Ltd. - who provided a generous sampling for several bloggers to open, taste, and pair.* I received six bottles of wine. Since this post features only one, I will write about the remaining wines separately. Keep an eye out for those pairings. Also, I think I heard buzzings that this group will be focused on ...

Do you know what I love about the second Saturday of the month? It's our #winePW - Wine Pairing Weekend - reveal. I love it. The bloggers who participate love food and love wine. It's a great event from which I always make a wine shopping list. The theme for this month is: regional pairings. Here's  David's September #winePW invite . Think Italian food + Italian wine or Argentinian food + Argentinian wine. Get it? I opted for a Spanish Parrillada Mixta , mixed grill, with a bottle of Tempranillo. ¡Salud! In the Glass... Zumaya Tempranillo 2011 from Ribera del Duero is a basic Tempranillo from Spain. The vines are young - under 25 years in age. The wine is fermented in stainless steel and given two months in oak before bottling. The result: a dark purple wine with flavors of berries and aromas of spice. This is a youthful style of Tempranillo. Not bad. Basic. In the Middle of the Plate...  We made this meal at the end of a really horrible, rotten, ...