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Friendly Wines under $20 for the Foods that We Love
Created byAllegra Angelo
Last updated 8/2011
English

Course content

1 section • 11 lectures

  • Bonus Episode: How to Navigate a Wine List

    You sit down at a restaurant, and the cute hostess hands you a three-ring binder. It's not her college anthropology midterm, it's the wine list. Not in the mood to read a book, you order a whiskey sour, and pass the list to your business partner, J, who has a wine collection and a recent passion for red blends from Washington State. But what if J wasn't there? It's time to step up to the wine list challenge! This bonus episode gives you pointers on how to navigate a wine list and the ten key questions you must ask yourself before you open the three-ring binder.

  • Episode 10: Cheese Wines

    Who doesn't have cheese in the fridge? Ideal for an afternoon snack and even better with a glass of wine. Debunk the old myth, "red wine with cheese." This episode shows you two different wines (focus is on white) for 4 general types of cheese.  Cheese never tasted so good.

  • Episode 9: Leftover Wines3:00
    When Sunday night dinner is meatloaf and chicken salad sandwiches, you're rightly hesistant to open up that bottle of Volany that you've been saving. Leftover wines are the ultimate bargain wines. They are perfect for lazy cooking days and retail under $10 per bottle!
  • Episode 8: Steakhouse Wines3:00
    Steakhouses offer expensive wines. But when you're craving a bone-in Rib eye or that truffled mac n' cheese, you don't have to drop a "grant" for a big and grand wine. This episode features four impressive wines at impressive prices. They are full bodied wines with personalities large enough to take on a Cowboy steak and lots of butter.
  • Episode 7: Ladies' Lunch Wines3:00
    Wines for light lunch foods that typically appeal to middle-aged ladies. This episode reveals wines to enjoy with lighter lunch foods like lobster salad, snapper cevice, or mussels. Light but without sacrificing personality, these wines will not induce one to feel tired or foggy after consuming two or three glasses; perfect for hot weather.
  • Episode 6: Thanksgiving Wines3:00
    Thanksgiving is an obvious food blowout - lots of dark meat with gravy and lots of butter with sweet potatoes. This episode suggests four kick ass wines that honor Old World funk (less fruity, more earthy) and wines that are pleasantly reminiscent of Thanksgiving smells: from a smoky indoor fire to sausage stuffing with fennel seed and fresh sage. Since this a blowout holiday, most of these wines near $20 per bottle.
  • Episode 5: Fried Chicken Wines3:00
    Fried chicken, like hamburgers and pizza, has become in vogue in the loudly expanding and obssessive culinary arena. This episode praises five wines (one bonus wine, #5!) that you must try with fried chicken, Korean or Southern style. If you are a vegetarian or a pescetarian, still seek out these wines at a restaurant or at your local wine merchant because they are worthy even without the noble chicken.
  • Friday Night Pizza Wines3:00
    There are still pizza joints out there that decorate the tables with hideous stumpy straw bottles of Chianti no matter how good or how bad their pizza is. It's a shame because Chianti Classico is a great wine and stumpy straw Chianti is not a great wine. Since modern pizza is Italian, this episode features great Italian wines beyond Chianti for some classic American pizzas.
  • Episode 3: Chinese Take-Out Wines3:00
    American Chinese food is a mismash of bold flavor. Dishes are sweet then sour, spicy then sweet, fatty then salty, salty then bitter, or maybe just intensely umami. This episode features wines that are versatile and playful, balancing the mishmash of American Chinese food.
  • Episode 2: Sushi Wines2:00

    Happy, light and bright white wines (barely oaked) that serve as healthy alternatives for sake and Sapporo.

  • Episode 1: Backyard Barbecue Wines3:00

    Forget the crystal Champagne glass. These BBQ wines are fit for drinking out of a red plastic cup while getting fingers messy with mustard, ketchup, and buttery corn on the cob.

Description

Divided into "Episodes," this course is designed to teach about wine using a relaxed yet informative approach. Each episode begins with a common American food theme such as: friday night pizza, chinese take-out, fried chicken, or backyard barbecue. The course will discuss the significance of these meals and recommend four wines of quality and personality that pair well and have a market price of less than $20 per bottle (with most selections under $15).    

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