Meridian Winery

Meet Trudy

Driving north to the Bay area on Thursday, we stopped at the beautiful Meridian Winery in Paso Robles for a Limited Reserve wine tasting paired with cheeses. We were served by a very informative young lady named Trudy. The A.V.A. (American Viticultural Area) has 26,000 acres of grapes growing in producing vineyards in the Paso Robles area resulting in many very fine wines.

The five tastings were

1) 2009 Limited Release Reisling paired with a Mango Ginger Stilton

2) 2008 Limited Release Chardonnay paired with Parmesan

3) 2008 Limited Release Pinot Noir paired with Gouda

4) 2009 Limited Release Zinfandel paired with Euphoria Gouda

5) 2006 Limited Release Cabernet paired with Bearly Buzzed which is

a three coffee bean cheese with the flavors of cherry cola, anise, and

vanilla.

While all were outstanding wines, I tend to favor a Pinot Noir. Their Pinot was such a beautiful ruby with such clarity and probably the best I have tasted. My husband tends to be partial to Cabernet.