What wine do we enjoy at Easter meal?
There are a few days left until Easter so we come with some wine recommendations suitable for Easter Lunch/Dinner that we know you are looking forward to.
Easter is a good opportunity to take a break, to spend time with your loved ones, but also to pamper yourself with goodies. Remember to enjoy the Easter lunch (and all the meals around it) in moderation and choose the wines that suit your taste.
And as you prepare for the holiday, here are some recommendations for suitable wines. Sparkling wine, white wine, rose or red wine, something to suit every member of the family. Also, if you plan to spend time with your loved ones, here you can find some gift ideas from the occasion.
Easter is a good opportunity to take a break, to spend time with your loved ones, but also to pamper yourself with goodies. Remember to enjoy the Easter lunch (and all the meals around it) in moderation and choose the wines that suit your taste.
And as you prepare for the holiday, here are some recommendations for suitable wines. Sparkling wine, white wine, rose or red wine, something to suit every member of the family. Also, if you plan to spend time with your loved ones, here you can find some gift ideas from the occasion.
The Easter meal can start with a light and fresh sparkling wine, both as a welcome drink or as a suitable drink for appetizers. With a high acidity, sparkling wines are suitable with fatty dishes, so if you choose one for the beginning of the meal it is the right choice.
We recommend here on the one hand Bendis Nadir (made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes) and Bendis Rose (made from Pinot Noir grapes) from Petro Vaselo winery, both being very fresh, and on the other hand Rhein Extra Imperial Brut sparkling wine (made from Chardonnay grapes), from DAR - Domeniile Alexandrion Rhein 1892.
If you love sparkling wines and want to enjoy more complex wines, then you might want to choose a cava (sparkling wine from Spain made using the traditional method with a second fermentation in the bottle). Here we recommend Cava Juve & Camps Reserva de la Familia which you can find in the online shop TheWinederers, our partner, where, if you add the code WINESDAY10 to your order, you will have a 10% discount.
After the sparkling wine you can start your Easter meal with Freamăt Alb, a blend of Fetească Albă and Fetească Regală from Catleya winery, a very fresh white wine. Or a Fetească Regală from the Viile Metamorfosis range from the winery of the same name.
After the white wine, it's time for a rose. You can pair it very well with both appetizers and the main course if it includes, for example, chicken or turkey. During this period, rose wines from last year's harvest began to appear, so when choosing rose wine, make sure to buy, as much as possible, from this harvest because they are all fresh wines that will beautifully crown the festive table. Thus, some ideas for rose wines to try are: Cuvee Experience Rose from Domeniul Bogdan, Sur Mer Rose from Rasova Winery, Caii de la Letea Volumul II rose from the Caii de la Letea winery or Mon Rose from Pandora Winery.
We recommend here on the one hand Bendis Nadir (made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes) and Bendis Rose (made from Pinot Noir grapes) from Petro Vaselo winery, both being very fresh, and on the other hand Rhein Extra Imperial Brut sparkling wine (made from Chardonnay grapes), from DAR - Domeniile Alexandrion Rhein 1892.
If you love sparkling wines and want to enjoy more complex wines, then you might want to choose a cava (sparkling wine from Spain made using the traditional method with a second fermentation in the bottle). Here we recommend Cava Juve & Camps Reserva de la Familia which you can find in the online shop TheWinederers, our partner, where, if you add the code WINESDAY10 to your order, you will have a 10% discount.
After the sparkling wine you can start your Easter meal with Freamăt Alb, a blend of Fetească Albă and Fetească Regală from Catleya winery, a very fresh white wine. Or a Fetească Regală from the Viile Metamorfosis range from the winery of the same name.
After the white wine, it's time for a rose. You can pair it very well with both appetizers and the main course if it includes, for example, chicken or turkey. During this period, rose wines from last year's harvest began to appear, so when choosing rose wine, make sure to buy, as much as possible, from this harvest because they are all fresh wines that will beautifully crown the festive table. Thus, some ideas for rose wines to try are: Cuvee Experience Rose from Domeniul Bogdan, Sur Mer Rose from Rasova Winery, Caii de la Letea Volumul II rose from the Caii de la Letea winery or Mon Rose from Pandora Winery.
If the main course includes lamb, beef, pork or "sarmale", it might be a good idea to pair a red wine with it.
Regarding Feteasca Neagră, we have several recommendations and here you can find an article dedicated to them - they go well with "sarmale".
Talking about red wines, if you want to have other varieties on your Easter table besides Fetească Neagră, we have a few more recommendations:
Regarding Feteasca Neagră, we have several recommendations and here you can find an article dedicated to them - they go well with "sarmale".
Talking about red wines, if you want to have other varieties on your Easter table besides Fetească Neagră, we have a few more recommendations:
- Taraboste Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot: Taraboste is the top range of Château Vartely winery from the Republic of Moldova. Over time we had the opportunity to try several harvests of this wine and today there are still available at Produse Moldovenești (importer of Château Vartely wines in Romania) 2015, 2016 and 2018 harvests. All harvests are complex wines, gastronomic, with intense aromas of black currants, prunes and black cherries. These wines have been aged for 18 months in oak barrels and are suitable to be served with red meat and matured cheeses. If you decide that this wine is right for you, add the code WINESDAY15 in your order in the online store Produse Moldovenești and you will have 15% discount.
- Syrah Via Coltul Pietrei from Viile Metamorfosis winery (I wrote about it here):the wine comes from a plantation of only 5.2 hectares located in the Dealu Mare region. It is a wine with aromas of black and red fruits, but also spices such as black and red pepper and bitter chocolate. The wine is aged both in 225 liter oak barrels and in 7500 liter wooden barrels, this ensures a high softness of the wine.
At the end of the meal if you want to spend a little more time with your loved ones, I recommend you to enjoy a more complex sparkling wine and here you can try a cava. We have tried several types of cava over time and the one that has remained in our heart for some time is Cava Gran Reserva PUR 2013 from Adernats Vins & Cava which you can find at TheWinederers - the official importer of Adernats wines in Romania . It is made from Macabeo and Xarel·lo grapes (specific Spanish varieties for cava production), has been aged in bottle for more than 6 years and is distinguished by the aroma of muffin, toast and quince. It is a sparkling wine suitable for the holiday and if you want to try it, find out that you have a 10% discount in TheWinederers online store if you include the code WINESDAY10 in your order.
This being said, I hope the above wines have inspired you and help you chose the right ones for you. I wish you a Happy Easter and the most beautiful days with your loved ones!
Carmina Nițescu
Winesday.ro & Winesday App
This being said, I hope the above wines have inspired you and help you chose the right ones for you. I wish you a Happy Easter and the most beautiful days with your loved ones!
Carmina Nițescu
Winesday.ro & Winesday App
