Last Thursday we visited the Red Hook winery, which is situated in Brooklyn. From the Red Hook Winery tasting room, we watched the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan across the East River. We tasted six types of wine, which included three white wines and three red wines. Christopher Nicholson, manager of Red Hook Winery, is a very friendly and hospitable person to us. He showed us step-by-step how he makes white and red wines. He also showed us all the machines that he used to make wines in his winery. He showed us Chardonnay grapes with seeds filled in a wooden barrel for fermentation, with a nice aroma coming from its wooden barrel and smelling like vanilla flavor. He is using a foot treading method to crush wine grapes. This winery produces Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. He collects grapes from the Long Island, North Fork region. Skirt steak with chimichurri sauce goes well with Cabernet Sauvignon. Chimichurri sauce has a strong aroma of garlic flavor. A glass of red wine pairs well with the steak because of the bold flavors in the chimichurri sauce. The fruity and spicy aromas of the wine match perfectly with the skirt steak. It has a strong flavor of spices, and steak has a rich, highly intense beef flavor when it’s grilled. I would like to pair this dish with a Cabernet Franc I tasted at Red Hook Winery. This wine has a herbaceous aroma, which goes well with chimichurri sauce. It’s a medium-red wine with moderate tannin, which would help to cut the richness of skirt steak. With its high acidity, medium body, and herbaceous aromas of green pepper and red fruits, Cabernet Franc is a perfect choice to pair with many foods, like skirt steak. Cabernet Franc wine is defined by a balance between red fruit, herbs, and papery earthiness and has medium to high acidity that makes it refreshing and easy to drink. Higher acidity makes it possible to pair Cabernet Franc with chimichurri skirt steak.
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