Wedding Champagne and French Cheese Buffet - First Things First - The Tasting.

We are happy to lend our wedding planning expertise to a most beautiful bride for 2010 Autumn Wedding. The bride and groom love great food and wine. So I set aside an entire evening last week and started the planning for the French Wine, Champagne and French Cheese tasting. Had lots of fun. All the while kept in mind the theme of the wedding “A Shimmering Champagne Wedding” .  The bride has chosen a monochromatic color palette of Blush Gold. The bride loves French Champagne and wants the wine and Champagne paired with French Cheeses.  French wine is similar to Champagne - it is processed the same way. However, the wine grapes are not grown in the Champagne region.


As a work in progress – The Shimmering Champagne Wedding Tasting Menu is taking shape. 

Au Votre Sante!

A Vineyard Tasting

• Cabernet Sauvignon from Bordeaux
• Chardonnay from Burgundy
• Pinot Noir from Burgundy
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley

A First-Class Tasting

• Bordeaux Grand Cru Classe
• Burgundy Grand Cru and 1er Cru
• Chateauneuf du Pape
• Champagne Grand Cru or Millesime

A Champagne Tasting

• Champagne Blanc de Blanc
• Champagne Rose
• Champagne Millesime

A Select Cheese Pairing

French Muenster (considered the Best and called Munster) is a farmhouse and cow’s milk cheese. Authentic Munster cheese is made only from the milk of cows that graze in a designated area in the Vosges Mountains in the east of France. It is a soft white cheese with a reddish-orange washed rind and is noted for its strong smell and pronounced taste

Double Crème French “La Brie” is a soft cows' cheese named after Brie, the French province in which it originated.

Epoisse a cheese from Burgundy, France. Epoisse is firm, moist and grainy with a fresh taste.

Come back often - next up the buffet layout and design.