Yesterday we attended a wine and cupcake tasting at Anne’s Boutique Wines in Costa Mesa. It was a packed house as customers squeezed into the tasting room to grab their sweet delight. Anne paired four dessert wines with Courtney Hetrick’s mini-cupcakes. We enjoyed an Abbazia Malvasia Rose with a Maple Brown Sugar Cupcake, 2008’s top 100 Wine’s of the World Konzelamm 2006 Vidal Ice Wine with a Carrot Cake Cupcake, Martin & Weyrich Moscato paired with an Apple Cidar Cupcake and a Zinfandel Port with a Cinnamon Cupcake. As usual, my favorite was the Port & Cinnamon while Wes really enjoyed the Ice Wine pairing. The cupcakes were delicious and just the right amount to experience the chemical bond between the wine and food. It really allowed for some unique flavors. It was a fun event for customers especially gearing up for the holidays while providing some great entertaining ideas. I wish I could have been part of the “scientific research” for this pairing event. We definitely recommend experiencing this type of tasting.
-By Jennifer Guran/Decant
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