Happy Valentines Day from #WinePW

We are celebrating Valentine's Day at Wine Pairing Weekend this month.  Some of us have posted several ideas for food and wine pairings to help you celebrate this special day.  I was lucky to even get this one post done.  My life has been crazy lately.

To be honest, I had completely forgotten about Wine PW this month.  I had plenty of opportunity to do a food and wine pairing with all the recipes I was posting for #FreshTastyValentines but it completely slipped my mind.  Then I was working on a recipe I am creating for the 2016 Healthy Solutions Spice Blends Challenge and when checking my calendar saw that Wine Pairing Weekend was upon me.  I ran to the facebook page and apologized to our leader Christy of Confessions of a Culinary Diva and she graciously let me sign up late.

I quickly took a gander in my wine refrigerator to see what I had that would pair well with my sesame ginger seared tuna and found this bottle of Rodney Strong Pinot Noir that we had received as a gift.  Rodney Strong Winery is located in Sonoma County in California.  They were only the 13th winery to open up in this area that is now jam packed with wineries.  

Seared Tuna is one of my favorite dishes and can hold up to a lighter red wine like a Pinot Noir.  I wasn't as confident of the Asian flavors in my dish pairing well with this wine but it was what I had on hand and I didn't have time to quibble.

Bottom line.....The wine pairing worked....not perfectly, but it worked reasonably well.  I find Asian flavors difficult to pair with wine.  What wines have you found that work well with Asian foods?

I will be sharing this recipe as soon as I submit it to the challenge and figure out how to edit my video that is required as well.....that is a whole different story!!!

Let's take a look at the other great Valentine's pairings.

Jade from Tasting Pour:

– Love Letter Pastries and Brandborg Winery Pinot Noir

-Cherry Hazelnut Scones

Jeff from Food Wine Click - Perfect Wine for a Sparkling Valentine’s Day Celebration

Martin of Enofylz Wine Blog – Valentine’s Surf and Turf with a Twist and Champagne Pairing

Nancy from Pull That Cork – Shepherd’s Pie and Burgundy: A Cozy Valentine’s Day Pairing

Kirsten of The Armchair Sommelier – My Squashy Valentine

Jennifer from Vino Travels – Sparkle Your Valentine’s Day with Brachetto from the Roero with Demarie

David of Cooking Chat –

-Cauliflower Kale Soup paired with Pinot

-Sweet Strawberry Cream with Chocolate and Wine Pairing

Michelle from Rockin Red Blog – Valentine’s Day in the South of France with #WinePW

Sarah from Curious Cuisiniere – Gougeres (French Cheese Puffs) and Blanquette de Limoux

Cindy from Grape Experiences:

- A Valentine’s Gift: Elegant Anaba Wines

-Cava and Crave Worthy Chocolate Cookies for Valentine’s Day

Lori from Draceana Wines – Need a Valentine’s Wine? As You Wish.

Diana from Wine Pass shares - Valentine Risotto and Rich Chocolate Beet Cake with Brachetto d’Acqui

Valerie of Girls Gotta Drink - A Moscato Food Pairing: Moscato for Breakfast Anyone?

Wendy from A Day in the Life on A Farm - Asian Tuna and Noodles with Rodney Strong Pinot Noir

Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla :

-Cherry-Glazed Chicken with Hahn’s Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

-Barley Stuffed Acorn Squash & Zesty Crayfish with Landmark Vineyards’ Overlook Chardonnay

-Wild Boar Mushroom Pot Pies with Landmark Vineyards’ Overlook Pinot Noir

-Seared Venison Medallions with Justin’s Cabernet Sauvignon

-Rosé-Cured Salmon with Balletto Vineyards’ Brut Rosé

-Epoisses, Crackers, & Cremant de Limoux

Christy from Confessions of a Culinary Diva:

-Valentine’s Day Steakhouse Dinner at Home

-50 Oysters a Day & Other Tales of Seduction

-Pick a Picpoul de Pinet for Your Valentine

-Valentine’s Take-In Dinner

-Apple of My Eye Pork Chops & Pinot

-Lobster, Corn Fritters & Balletto

Join us for a live Valentine's Wine Pairing Twitter chat at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, February 13, using the hashtag #winePW. And get ready for the March #winePW, where we will share our Open That Bottle Night experiences. Check out the upcoming and past Wine Pairing Weekend events on this page.