The wine we described that will pair well with the Baked Fish Filet with Tomatoes and Mushrooms was a medium bodied, clean, and fruit forward white wine. After visiting Red Hook Winery, our 2015 white blended vintage will be a medium bodied, well balanced wine with fruit foward and floral aromas. We are going to start off with a base of white wine number one which is a chardonnay. This wine will be used as the base due to the fact that it has low to medium tannins, well balanced structure and floral bouquet. This chardonnay was fermented with its stems and grapes in tact, giving it a crisp and more tannic body. This process also gives the wine an orange hue, therefore it can be refereed to as “orange wine”. Because wine number two has very predominate tropical fruit flavors, we will experiment different ratios to balance out the fruits and floral aromas of both wines. Wine two was destemmed and pressed, which gives the wine softer tannins. The tropical fruit notes will help mute the acidity of the tomatoes in our dish. The mushrooms will balance the acidity as well as add an earthy flavor to the ones palate.
