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Brother. Do you like Mexican food?
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And what do you like to drink it with?
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what if I told you wine also pairs well with Mexican food
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a wine with like a caritas asada.
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hello, they got wineries in Mexico.
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What do they eat it?
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what do you pair it with?
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Like how do you know what goes with?
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What? Luckily I invited my friend Cynthia Zavala to join us
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and explain. She's a sommelier.
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A ka a wine expert and she's here to tell us about
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a couple of her favorite pair.
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Cynthia. Hey, let me help you with that.
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Hello? Hello. I hear,
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I hear you guys are trying Mexican food with wine.
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And so this, this is my friend.
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It's straight from El Borrego de Oro.
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They got two locations here in L A.
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These are tacos and typically like,
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I like to explore different wines with different Mexican food and trying
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to get the vibrancy of it.
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And so this wine called Casa de Hippie from San
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Vicente Valle, which is in Baja Mexico.
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They make amazing rose.
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And so this rose is actually fantastic.
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It gets you like the little lemon fruit great.
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And this would be fantastic to pair with the tacos as you
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know, as an entry entree that you might wanna share
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with your family and friends.
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So I always start off with a rose as it's something that
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is really vibrant and it kind of kicks and starts off the
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party on the in the right direction.
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Yeah. Yeah. Thank you.
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000 shoot, that's another.
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Oh well, there's all the Mexican food.
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We're gonna try the,
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we're gonna try the wine with.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Part of the taste is also getting the aromas and so you
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wanna take a sniff from the wine glass,
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try, try to figure out what kind of notes you get
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and then you wanna take a sip and then you want to
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take a bite out of it.
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And so the bite is actually going to enhance the flavor profiles
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from all the wines and then like,
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So we're gonna try the wine.
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OK. Yeah, we get a knife.
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Oh They're over there.
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The knives. Oh Can we get a knife and a fork
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it's good. This is good wine.
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Here's wine. I know it's very refreshing.
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So I would typically use that as a starter when you're
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when you have friends over and you wanna get the night going
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a rose is always a really good wine to really start having
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people enjoy the night.
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I'm gonna get this one and I'm gonna just smother it in
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the sauce. So instead of like,
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you know, margaritas with it,
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Wait, so I bite and then just eat it however you
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want to And then so it gives you like that lemon,
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the refresh you get,
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you get the bite from the salsa,
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it enhances them a little bit more.
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It's so good. And you know what's funny because it's wine
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and cheese. People have wine and cheese.
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This has cheese already.
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So it's like it pairs well with wine charcuterie.
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Yeah, it is really good and then the cheese is gonna
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be fantastic. So I think anything with cheese and rose and
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then like a little salsita.
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Absolutely wonderful. Let's keep it coming.
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Let's keep it going.
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And then typically, so I like to explore wine with my
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friends and usually when we pair meats,
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we always go for a cab,
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right? And so I like to push the envelope a little
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bit with them. And so this wine is a GSM and
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so GSM means it's a blend of three different different varietals.
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You have a Granoche,
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And so what this does it kind of like really enhances the
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flavor even more. you get a little bit of like
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the fruit, fruitiness of it from the from those
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rre and also the serra you get a little bit of
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peppery. So it's going to align really well.
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So this one, I suggested pairing it with Al Paso tacos
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because pastor has a really interesting flavor to it.
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And I think it's just going to enhance it a little bit
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more. I know it's early in the morning but it's all
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good. So I would suggest taking a bite of the
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meat first so you can actually try it and,
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and get the flavor and actually seeing how the wine enhances your
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your bite before a wine after a wine just for the meat
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first. Mm I know it looks delicious.
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Mm I'm just gonna drink the wine.
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So what do you guys think?
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Oh My God. It's super smooth.
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It, it flows well with the palate and also it makes
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you want want to eat more,
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impair it more. It's dangerous too because I like I,
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I want more wine like I know I'm gonna get another glass
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if I finish like in between my meal.
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But you know, it pairs better than like having a cita
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or a margarita. I just think it really just brings and
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blends all the flavors together and also you don't have to spend
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a lot of money on wine.
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this one is actually really great.
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I got this at Trader Joe's and it's less than less than
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20 bucks. I want to say like $12.
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yeah. And then the other one right here is,
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it's called Casa Hippie.
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And then that one I got it,
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Northgate. And so I know representing,
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and that one was less than $20 as well.
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I love both of these.
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So they're fantastic. And then lastly,
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if you want to go back to the rose,
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I highly suggest pairing it with the Nopales because the Nopales are
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refreshing and whatnot. And so I think that is going to
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be a really good kicker with the rose.
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Oh My gosh. So I'm gonna go back to the rose
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with the Nopales. You too.
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Right. So next time they tell you,
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you can't pair Mexican food with wine.
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It's a complete lie.
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You can actually pair it and I suggest you guys explore it
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Wine is like an open book.
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So you have many different varietals and then think about it.
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You, you let it sit and it also is a living
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entity. So once you open up a wine bottle,
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it kind of flourishes over time.
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So you get different notes and whatnot.
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sometimes, yeah, most,
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most of the time I do because again,
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wine it opens up as you let it breathe with oxygen coming
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I think if you wanna dig in with us,
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we're gonna keep going here.
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But thank you for all the knowledge again.
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Now, now I got the range I feel like from CSA
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to Benito. Absolutely.
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And then if you guys have any questions,
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you can follow me on Instagram.
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My business name is Kina Wines.
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So, so I'm trying to really just help people explore different
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wines across the board and really just get to know what
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our culture can offer with wine.
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we really appreciate the food.
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It's a family owned restaurant guys.
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It's delicious right here in L A.
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we specialize in lamb meat and we have two locations in L
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A whenever you guys wanna stop by over there.
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Very close from here.
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And yeah, I'm glad you like the food for sure.
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