Fetish Playmates, Two Left Feet, Stalking Horse…Provocative, playful, and passionate describes the 3-way pleasure from these Australian blended red wines!
2008 Fetish Playmates – Doesn’t the name just beckon you to give it a try?
Close your eyes and imagine the scent of hickory and vanilla. As the glass touches your lips and the deep rich purple liquid slides over your tongue, your palate comes alive with blueberry, cherry, and plum. As this Fetish Playmate Red eases down your throat it caresses your back palate with a long lingering espresso finish.
An impressive 90 point wine that has emerged out of a unique Australian collaboration between wine growers, makers, and artists!
A tasty blend of 80% Shiraz, 10% Mataro, and 10% Grenache marries beautifully with a variety of meats and herbs, such as beef, lamb, veal, venison, pork, salmon, and tuna, sage, parsley, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, and both black and red pepper.
Here’s one specific recipe you can try:
2009 Mollydooker Two Left Feet – Don’t let the name fool you. This wine is anything but awkward. Another Australian Gem that dances across the palate in steps of blackberry, cherry, liquorice, coupled with a bit of dark chocolate. Then dips down over the back palate with a peppery finish.
A 68% Shiraz, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 14% Merlot, 91 point blend out of South Australia that pairs with beef, lamb, venison, duck, basil, oregano, thyme, and rosemary.
This wine supports a hearty meal like spaghetti…Here’s my recipe:
2008 Stalking Horse Mclaren Vale Shiraz – Picture biting into a slice of piping hot sticky, sweet, Bar-B-Q country style pork ribs and pairing it with a saturated purple wine full of ripe fruit flavor, smoke, bacon, and grilled meat. Forget the swirl, sniff, swirl, sip etiquette and dig into your ribs and wrap those orange coated fingers around that wine glass and enjoy the full range of spicy, complexity and tannins in Stalking Horse!
Coming in at 88 points, it's also delicious with lamb shanks, beef stew, meaty pizzas, meatloaf, spicy steaks and burgers, red and black pepper, thyme, sage, parsley, rosemary, and bay leaf.
If you read Part 1 of this wine adventure I mentioned a new martini. I don’t usually polish off a wine tasting with liqueur but hey, what can I say? We moved the celebration to the bar for 5.00 martinis! We indulged in an Orange Crush – Citrus vodka, Triple Sec, and orange juice, garnished with an orange slice. Nothing complicated, just a delicate fruity blend. Sometimes OJ can be overpowering and acidic but not here.
The more you taste wine the better you get at detecting the complex flavors of each variety. So have a blast with the research, go to wine tastings, get to know your grocery store wine consultant, and experiment in your own kitchen with how to use alcohol in and alongside your favorite dishes!
Hope you’ll give these wines and recipes a go. If you do Id love to hear your results, comments, and questions!
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