Cru Cellars, a local wine bar and shop, recently launched a food menu to accompany their wide selection of small production wine. Owner and Certified Sommelier Jen Bingham teamed up with In Bloom Catering and Creative Food Concepts to create a menu most complementary to the wines. Not only that, but this local catering business favors organic foods, so many of Cru Cellars’ menu selections include organic ingredients. However, these selections were created merely to accompany the wine, not outshine it. So, wine is still the superstar.
Sometimes you just need a glass of wine, and in mid-swig, your stomach rumbles, as mine did during my recent visit to Cru Cellars. While nursing my glass of La Craie Vouvray, I was struck with a craving for fresh vegetables and seafood. (What can I say? I’m a health nut.) Salpicon of Chilled Shrimp and Avocado salad certainly did the trick. Citrus vinaigrette was the perfect dressing, providing a light, lemony flavor, which made the enormous Florida rock shrimp that much better.
