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Recipe: Barbecue Pot Pie With Cheese Grits Crust
January 2003: page 115
This delicious recipe calls for a well-balanced, relatively full-bodied red with a healthy amount of fruit. This is the perfect time to call on America's very own Zinfandel. If you're a Merlot lover, look for one with a good amount of body that'll stand up next to the smoky-sweet barbecue pork and Cheddar cheese-rich grits. Don't forget about Syrah--one of the classic red grape of France's Rhne Valley. Although French wines are labeled by place name, rather than by grape type (aka varietal), generally speaking, if you pick up a red wine from the Rhne Valley, it will more than likely contain a good bit of Syrah. Grenache and Mourvdre are the other major red-wine producing grapes in the Rhne Valley. There are plenty of outstanding Syrahs being produced in the U.S., one of my favorite being the 2000 Morgan Syrah from Monterey, California.
- Ravenswood, Zinfandel, Sonoma County, California
- Nalle, Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley, California
- Coppo, Barbera D'Asti, Camp du Russo, Italy
- Morgan, Syrah, Monterey, California
- McDowell, Syrah, Mendocino, California
- Jaboulet, Crozes-Hermitage, Les Jalets, Rhône Valley, France
