Rosé All Day With Chateau d'Eclans

It was rosé all day with Brand Ambassador Kaylee of Chateau 
d'Eclans recently at the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival 2019.  Stylish right down to her toes she shared the story of Whispering Angel and other wines produced by the legendary French winery.

Rosé wine was totally looked down upon by wine snobs not all that many years ago and it was really a credit to Chateau d'Eclans and particularly their longtime Ambassador Paul Chaisson that it has become not only acceptable but even fashionable.  We missed you this year, Paul!

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We were invited to attend this wine festival as members of the media with no promise of any editorial consideration.

Cheese And Port At The Tea House Pagoda

Dan McElligot, Certified Cheese Specialist at Dole & Bailey.

Our favorite seminar at Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival 2019 was the cheese and port wine pairing conducted by Dan McElligot of Dole & Bailey, one of the major sponsors of the weekend.  First off, this guy KNOWS his cheese.  We tasted a very buttery, creamy Torta del Casar soft cheese which was matched with Graham's 10 Tawny Port.  Absolutely beautiful.  Taken together the combination leaves a smooth layer of an almost chocolate flavor on the tongue.

Second was the Highlon Blue Stilton Cheese (made in Lee, MA) and paired with Don's 2012 Late Bottled Vintage Porto.  The cheese had none of that moldy sort of taste that turns some people off of a good blue cheese.  Speckled with ribbons of red (signifying a newer cheese) and black, the pairing, again, was a sheer flavor delight.  

We'll be on the lookout for all of these products and are now inspired to have our own port and cheese tastings with family and friends.

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Wine And Rosecliff 2019

With Nancy Matheson Burns of Dole & Bailey

We attended the Wine & Rosecliff Gala to open the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival 2019 last Friday and what a grand affair it was.  Everyone was talking all weekend about how it was the best Rosecliff Gala of all.  From the Chefs and the delicious food, the great wines, the people and the dancing to the elegant setting it was a great kickoff to the New England social season and Boston was well-represented.

Chefs Will Gilson and Brian Mercury, Puritan & Co.

Chef Rachel Klein, Tastemakers Group.

Dean Igoe and Nancy Matheson Burns.

TBF with Board Member John Rodman and Preservation Society CEO Trudy Coxe (C).

Chef Andy Teixeira, Brix at Newport Vineyards.

Chef Christopher Bender, Stoneacre Brasserie.

The gang from Cocktail Guru.

Don Julio was service up some refreshing cocktails.

The ladies of Whispering Angel, a very popular sip.

Dean Igoe, photographer.

We'll be posting more of the other events and restaurants we visited while in Newport during the Festival including some behind-the-scenes peeks.  Stay tuned.

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