Wine and Cheese Pairing #1

For our first cheese pairing, we chose a variety of cheeses with different characteristics and paired wines with them as seen online. 

Our selections

Ava Grace Sauvignon
Blanc (2021)

We chose to pair goat cheese with Ava Grace Sauvignon Blanc. By itself, the wine was acidic with a grapefruit taste. It was pleasant by itself, but much better with the goat cheese. The cheese's sweetness augmented the wine; both were extremely good when taken together.

Free Reign Rose

Next, we paired Havarti with Free Reign Rose. I cannot find which varieties were in this particular Rose. By itself, the Rose was well-balanced with some hints of berries, maybe raspberry or strawberry, The Havarti brought out the wine's full, bolder flavor and I did not discern any specific changes to the flavor other than it turned out to be a great pairing.

Cook's California
Champagne

We ended with a classic pairing of sparkling wine and brie. We are broke college students, so we couldn't go for true Champagne but settled for California Champagne. The wine had a pear aroma and tasted of apple and citrus, although my group had a small argument over whether the citrus flavor was from orange or lemon. The creaminess of the brie worked well with the wine, but there was nothing special to report from this pairing. We also tried the wine with the goat cheese and found that its sweetness also added a lot, and I liked this pairing better than the brie.

Our wine and cheese group (taken a few nights later)