Gruner Veltliner – Tasting Pour by Jade Helm https://tastingpour.com Food, Wine, Pairings, Cocktails, Winery Stories Fri, 24 May 2019 15:23:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 103803954 Shrimp and Corn Soup with Grüner Veltliner #winepw https://tastingpour.com/2016/09/shrimp-and-corn-soup-with-gruner-veltliner.html/ https://tastingpour.com/2016/09/shrimp-and-corn-soup-with-gruner-veltliner.html/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2016 23:00:58 +0000 https://tastingpour.com/?p=1701 Fresh corn from the Pitchfork and Crow CSA, a Wine Pairing Weekend assignment from Martin Redmond of Enofylz Wine Blog to pair Grüner Veltliner, and the mood boost that cooking gives me and I was off to the kitchen to create this shrimp and corn soup.  Classically an Austrian grape, I am proud to say...

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]]> Fresh corn from the Pitchfork and Crow CSA, a Wine Pairing Weekend assignment from Martin Redmond of Enofylz Wine Blog to pair Grüner Veltliner, and the mood boost that cooking gives me and I was off to the kitchen to create this shrimp and corn soup.  Classically an Austrian grape, I am proud to say the first commercial Grüner in the US was from right here in Oregon.

Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards Grüner Veltliner

Oregon is about much more than Pinot Noir, especially Southern Oregon.  Stephen Reustle makes 14ish estate grown wines that are all good to stellar.  Tasting is on the patio surrounded by gardens straight out of Narnia or in underground catacombs designed by the architect who built the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.  No lie.  He lives in Roseburg, Oregon.  You can’t make this stuff up.

Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyard

Stephen tells this story, “I was in Austria on a motorcycle tour of the Alps in 2001 and went into an expensive restaurant.  I asked the waiter to bring out what he thought was the best example of Austrian white wine, and he brought out a Grüner Veltliner (pronounced Velt-LEANER). Now at the time, I had been a wine collector for 20 years and had never heard of it before. But I tried it and thought it was simply sublime.”

He began producing Grüner in 2005.  We bought a few bottles when we visited last year and were happily drinking our way through the stash.  Then I got to taste a Reustle Grüner with some age.  I think it was the 2005.  Oh my, that aged Grüner was an experience – one I want to repeat.  So now I just go down to the cellar and drool over the bottles thinking, “One day, one day you will be mine.”

It was a sacrifice to open one for this pairing.  A restocking trip to Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards is in order.

Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards 2013 Gruner Veltliner

Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards 2013 Grüner Veltliner:

A mineral driven nose leads to a richly luxurious sensory sensation on the palate flavored with honey, cantaloup, and apricot.  Food loving acid, perfectly balanced, and you are left with a tinge of spice on the finish.

Shrimp and Corn Soup

I had some fresh crispy ears of local sweet corn and wanted some soup but all of the recipes online dumped in a bunch of cream.  I like my pants to fit.  My version is lighter than most you will find but chocked full of flavor, natural sweetness, and I had to throw in some spice.

Shrimp and Corn Soup

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This shrimp and corn soup leaves out the cream and adds in the natural sweetness of corn plus some spice.
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Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1½ cups fresh corn kernels cut from the ear, about 3-4 ears of corn
  • 2 slices of bacon, chopped
  • 2 cups of fresh tomatoes, chopped
  • 3 Tbs. butter
  • 3 Tbs. chopped fresh herbs (I used basil)
  • ¾ tsp. curry powder
  • ¼ tsp powdered red pepper
  • ¼ tso paprika
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth
  • cherry tomatoes and extra herbs to garnish
Instructions
  1. Melt the butter in a large pot until it browns.
  2. Add corn and stir to coat with butter.
  3. Add spices - salt, curry, red pepper, paprika and coat the corn.
  4. Cook 5 minutes careful not to let it stick.
  5. Add vegetable stock and bring to a simmer.
  6. Add tomatoes and herbs and heat through.
  7. Meanwhile cook the chopped bacon in a skillet and remove with slotted spoon. Leave any bacon drippings in pan.
  8. Transfer soup to food processor and puree. Feel free to leave it a little chunky.
  9. Return soup to pot and warm over low heat.
  10. Cook shrimp in pan with bacon drippings, adding butter to coat pan if necessary. Cook until pink and opaque.
  11. Ladle soup into two large bowls.
  12. Divide shrimp between bowls.
  13. Garnish with sliced cherry tomatoes and herbs.

 Learn more about Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards and other Oregon Tasting Rooms You Should Visit.

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