Football season is over. Gone are the days of drinking wine while watching the Monday night game. It's sad...I know.
Last night, two of the usual Monday night crew came over to watch a totally different type of TV show. There is a story behind this, so please indulge me for a moment. Weeks ago, I received a frantic call from my friend Jared. He and his girlfriend Sarah were out of town, and were totally distruaght that they were going to miss one of their favorite TV shows- Extreme Home Makeover. Personally, I've avoided this show like the plague, but as a favor, I agreed to record it for them. Jump forward 3 weeks, and the show was yet to be watched. So, in keeping with my self-imposed statute of limitations on the maximum amount of time I let a show sit on my recorder, I warned them that their precious show was about to be erased in a matter of days. Panic set in! They proposed a plan- Sarah would cook a Mexican style dinner in exchange for us watching the Noyola family get a new home. Having no other plans on the calendar, and always loving a fresh cooked meal, I gave a thumbs up to the plan. However, I made it clear that the only way I was going to get through this show was with wine- a lot of wine.
Sarah and Jared came by with a bunch of food and a couple bottles of white wine. I'm not a fan of white wine, but given there were no other options, I put my feelings aside and poured myself a glass from our first bottle- Mirassou 2005 Sauvignon Blanc.
At first pass, the Mirassou was a little too tangy for my liking. It's intense infussion of citrus caused me to take a big step back. I was sure I was only going to have negative things to say about this wine. I took another sip, which didn't do much to change my opinion. I decided my best course of action was to stop drinking and wait for dinner. After about 30 minutes, dinner was served, and I picked up my glass of Mirassou. It was when I started to drink this wine with dinner that it really started to payoff. The intense citrus I had resented just minutes before turned out to pair perfectly with the Mexican meal. Who would have thought? The fresh lime juice in the guacamole and on the tacos worked so well with this Sauvignon Blanc. The wine was a great compliment to the meal. Extreme Home Makeover was not...
As Jared and Sarah teared up on my couch watching the Noyola family move into the house they'd always dreamed of, I kept pouring myself wine- praying the agony of this TV show would end.
Recommendation- Consider buying it. Not a good sipping wine, but a great wine with Mexican food.
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