Food Pairing Principles

Beef: Red Wine for Red Meat (usually)
Beef is prepared in hundreds of styles, flavors and ....

Cheese and Wine: Big Flavors in a Small Package
Compact, flexible, and easy to carry and use, cheese is ....

Recipes

This recipe would be wonderful with the new release of:
2007 Rock Horse Ranch Merlot

Stuffed pork chops
Stuffed pork chops are great wine and comfort food combined...There are two variations of the recipe. One version accents the use of mushroom and the other adds a seasonal note by adding apples, dried cherries or cranberries to this classic home style meal.

The recipe would pair well with the 1st release of: 
2007 Natalies Estate Winery Red Willow Cabernet

Grilled Beef Tenderloin Steaks with Cranberry-Port Sauce
with Oregonzola Cheese
This cheese selection is a Rogue Creamery product that I personally like.  You may use another Gorgonzola cheese.

Another variation without the port sauce is to blend a favorite blue cheese with butter and place on steaks one minute before steaks are ready to serve to begin the melt but not fully, so best served at once!

Recipes by Chef Michael Rooney