{"id":2445354,"date":"2019-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=307972"},"modified":"2019-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T06:00:00","slug":"werlin-stuckey-take-crowd-on-mediterranean-tour-of-angelic-cheese-and-wine-pairings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/werlin-stuckey-take-crowd-on-mediterranean-tour-of-angelic-cheese-and-wine-pairings\/","title":{"rendered":"Werlin, Stuckey take crowd on Mediterranean tour of angelic cheese and wine pairings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.3523131672598\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-307972-797\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/FWnotebook-atd-061519-03-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/FWnotebook-atd-061519-03.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Carolyn Sackariason\/The Aspen Times | Bobby Stuckey and Laura Werlin prior to their Mediterranean Cheeses &amp; Wines seminar on Friday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Bobby Stuckey and Laura Werlin prior to their Mediterranean Cheeses &amp; Wines seminar on Friday.<\/strong><br \/>Carolyn Sackariason\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/FWnotebook-atd-061519-03.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Stuckey and Laura Werlin prior to their Mediterranean Cheeses &amp; Wines seminar on Friday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/FWnotebook-atd-061519-03-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/FWnotebook-atd-061519-03-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Carolyn Sackariason | The selection of wine and Mediterranean cheese from the Bobby Stuckey &amp; Laura Werlin seminar on Friday.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The selection of wine and Mediterranean cheese from the Bobby Stuckey &amp; Laura Werlin seminar on Friday.<\/strong><br \/>Carolyn Sackariason<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/FWnotebook-atd-061519-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"The selection of wine and Mediterranean cheese from the Bobby Stuckey &amp; Laura Werlin seminar on Friday.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/werlin-stuckey-take-crowd-on-mediterranean-tour-of-angelic-cheese-and-wine-pairings\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/werlin-stuckey-take-crowd-on-mediterranean-tour-of-angelic-cheese-and-wine-pairings\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">There were plenty of \u201cnirvana\u201d moments at <a id=\"N0x1191920N0x10e4ef0:N0x1191920N0x11b7e18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laurawerlin.com\/\">Laura Werlin<\/a> and <a id=\"N0x1191920N0x10e4f50:N0x1191920N0x11b7ea8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frascafoodandwine.com\/people-accolades\/\">Bobby Stuckey<\/a>\u2019s Mediterranean cheeses and wines seminar Friday afternoon in the Paepcke tent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">How could you not have those moments when there are seven cheeses (all available this weekend at Meat &amp; Cheese) paired with seven wines?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Werlin, a cheese aficionado and a James Beard Award-winning author and Stuckey, a master sommelier and also a James Beard winner, took a packed crowd through the regions of the Mediterranean exploring the best pairings they could find.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Werlin explained that there are three measures to consider for a successful pairing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The first is called \u201cGeneva,\u201d a neutral place where \u201ceveryone plays well in the sandbox together. \u2026 They don\u2019t rock your world, or destroy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The second is the \u201cTitanic,\u201d which doesn\u2019t end well and something bad happens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The third is \u201cNirvana\u201d in which \u201cangels descend from the heavens and sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The point is, she said, and Stuckey agreed, that the goal is to find that matchup where the wine and the cheese are better together than they are by themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">And nowhere is that more evident than with the Paski Sir, a sheep\u2019s milk from Pag Island, Croatia, and a 2015 Edi Simcic Duet from Slovenia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The cool climate Bordeaux wine is a small batch with only 600 bottles produced. It is heaven when consumed with this hard cheese, made high on top of the mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The family who produces it brings their herds to the top of 4,000- and 5,000-foot peaks in the spring and keeps them there until fall. All of the cheese is made at elevation following an old tradition, Werlin explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Don\u2019t miss the other nirvana pairing of Stuckey\u2019s 2016 Scarpetta Barbera del Monferrato from Piedmont, Italy, and the Nostrano di Monte, a pasteurized cow\u2019s milk from Italy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Simply heaven brought by the angels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/werlin-stuckey-take-crowd-on-mediterranean-tour-of-angelic-cheese-and-wine-pairings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobby Stuckey and Laura Werlin prior to their Mediterranean Cheeses &amp; Wines seminar on Friday.Carolyn Sackariason\/The Aspen Times The selection of wine and Mediterranean cheese from the Bobby Stuckey &amp; Laura Werlin seminar on Friday.Carolyn Sackariason Show CaptionsHide Captions There were plenty of \u201cnirvana\u201d moments at Laura Werlin and Bobby Stuckey\u2019s Mediterranean cheeses and wines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2445354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 19:16:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}