Dirty South Wine

Results! Popeyes Online Wine Pairing Challenge!

11/18/09 May go down as a national holiday-  The First Ever Popeyes Online Wine Pairing Challenge went out in a blaze of dirty birds. 

Five food and wine experts submitted their ultimate wine pairings, and people on both coasts got together to taste through the pairings-- live, online, and ultimately voting for the best pairings.

A sick panel of contestants entered- 

Besha Rodell:  Food Editor for Atlanta's Creative Loafing, and 2009 AFJ Winner

Lyle Fass:  Online Riesling Legend and NYC based Wine Consultant

Alan Kropf:  Editor in Chief of Mutineer Magazine and Sommelier

Jon Bonne:  Wine Editor from the SF Chronicle

Kevin Kelley:  Wine Maker extrodinaire!

Four parties launched simultaneously- 1 in Healdsburg, CA and 3 in Atlanta and tasting went off fast and furious.  Along the way, people tweeted up a storm using the hashtag #drtybrd (more than 350 tweets registered).  The Healdsburg party (chez moi) had approximately 45 attendees.

When it came down to eating, the wines were numbered, lined up, and snacking began.

Winner: (Popular Votes)

1. Francois Pinon Vouvray Brut Non-Dosé

(Congrats to Jon Bonné of SF Chronicle!!!)

2. Renardat-Fache Bugey du Cerdon and Willi Schaefer Estate QBA 2008 (TIE)

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Winner:  (Critics Pick)

1. Willi Schaefer Estate QBA 2008

2. Renardat-Fache Bugey du Cerdon

3. Francois Pinon Vouvray Brut Non-Dosé

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Beyond winners, losers, etc...  What was most amazing about this event, was that it brought people together with great wine, fun food, and encouraged people to get crunk with chicken.

Kevin Kelley and Salinia Wine made some great antagonistic videos 1, 2

20dollarwine went crazy and made 3 insane gelato flavors

Alan Kropf took us on his 1st tour of Popeyes

Bricks Of Wine took some amazing photos

Rachel Reenstra and Ziggy The Wine Gal wrote and performed a hysterical song.

For one night, this was the spirit of wine online.

Huge thanks to all of the participants, contestants, hosts for the remote parties, etc...

There will be a round II.

(video by Rowdy Food from the WineTonite.com party in ATL)

ALSO-  HUGE thanks to Popeyes in Rohnert Park, CA. for cooking up all our chicken!!!

Dirty Bird Science Theater 3K? Salina / NPA Taunts Mutineer Magazine

After taking swings at the Popeyes wine pick of the SF Chronicle's Jon Bonné, The Salinia / NPA Crew Strikes again, taking aim MS23K style at Alan Kropf of Mutineer's Magazine wine pick and Popeyes video. 

Dang!  11/18/09 is going to be a showdown!

11/18/09 Is Just Days Away! (Popeyes Online Wine Pairing Challenge!)

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The Fight For Popeyes Chicken Wine Pairing Turns Personal! Salinia Strikes!

(Video by Salinia Wine Company)

DANG!  Kevin Kelley and the Salinia Wine gang taunt the esteemed Jon Bonne for his choice of Francois Pinon Vouvray Brut Non-Dosage as his pairing in the Popeyes Online Wine Pairing Challenge

Also-  Slashfood Reports on the Popeyes Online Pairing Challenge

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As a reminder:  The Wine Pics are--

Besha Rodell from Atlanta's Creative Loafing

Kiralyudvar Tokaji Sec 2005-  Dry Hungarian Furmint

(Robert Chadderdon Import) 

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Kevin Kelley and the crew from Salinia Cellars / The NPA

Renardat-Fache Bugey du Cerdon- Sparkling Gamay

(Louis / Dressner selection)

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Mutineer Magazine's Editor in Chief, Alan Kropf

2008 Snoqualmie "Naked" Riesling-

Organic, Washington State Riesling

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Jon Bonné from the SF Chronicle selects the elusive and proven

Francois Pinon Vouvray Brut Non-Dosé

(Louis/Dressner Import) 

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Lyle Fass from Rockss and Fruit selects

Willi Schaefer Estate QBA 2008

(Michael Skurnik Wines)

A German Riesling from an uber producer.

AWW YEAH! POPEYES Online Pairing Wines 4! (5!?!?!)

(The Salinia crew puts up with Dirty and Rowdy)

Sorry for the radio silence here, but we have two weeks to go to the Popeyes Online Wine Pairing Challenge.  All 4 wines are in and there is now a 5th and final from none other than the fried chicken powerhouse of Kevin Kelley and his Salinia / The NPA crew!

Here are all the wines (order them asap, because two may be tougher to find)

All 5 Wines--

Besha Rodell from Atlanta's Creative Loafing

Kiralyudvar Tokaji Sec 2005-  Dry Hungarian Furmint

(Robert Chadderdon Import) 

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Kevin Kelley and the crew from Salinia Cellars / The NPA

Renardat-Fache Bugey du Cerdon- Sparkling Gamay

(Louis / Dressner selection)

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Mutineer Magazine's Editor in Chief, Alan Kropf

2008 Snoqualmie "Naked" Riesling-

Organic, Washington State Riesling

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Jon Bonné from the SF Chronicle selects the elusive and proven

Francois Pinon Vouvray Brut Non-Dosé

(Louis/Dressner Import) 

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Lyle Fass from Rockss and Fruit selects

Willi Schaefer Estate QBA 2008

(Michael Skurnik Wines)

A German Riesling from an uber producer.

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Tasting details-  

1.  Go out and source all 5 wines (you may need to order some, so check quickly)

2.  Invite a ton of people over for a party on 11/18 (enough for 5 wines)

3.  Buy enough Popeyes Spicy Fried Chicken for everyone (mixed light and dark, sides, red beans and rice, and fries)

4.  Taste these online live with the contestants on 11/18 via twitter and the hashtag #drtybrd

5.  Vote for your favorites and talk some trash about the others.

6. Kick everyone out of your house and digest them dirty birds!

TIME:  11/18 6PM PST 9PM EST

Working on getting live streaming set up from our Healdsburg party.  

THIS IS GOING TO ROCK!!!!!

POPEYES Online Live Pairing Date Changed to 11/18!

Due to scheduling, timing (some wine needs to be ordered), and all around vorasciousness for dirty birds, we are changing the date for the Popeyes Online Wine Pairing challenge to 11/18 at 6PM Pacific / 9PM EDT.

I know that a few extra weeks may be tough, but remember- these birds are tender!

More info to come in the next few days!

Wine 3 for Popeyes Online Wine Pairing Challenge

Mutineer Magazine's Editor in Chief, Alan Kropf, doing some market research at his local Popeyes!

Alan's Pick-

2008 Snoqualmie "Naked" Riesling-

Organic, Washington State Riesling

One more pairing left to be announced!

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As a reminder:

Jon Bonné from the SF Chronicle selects the elusive and proven

Francois Pinon Vouvray Brut Non-Dosé

(Louis/Dressner Import) 

A sparkling Vouvray to deliver bubbles and troubles for the tasty birds.

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Lyle Fass from Rockss and Fruit selects

Willi Schaefer Estate QBA 2008

(Michael Skurnik Wines)

A German Riesling from an uber producer.

Popeyes Chicken Online Wine Pairing: TWO of the Four Wines Are In!

Two of the pairing wines have been submitted for the Popeyes Spicy Chicken Online Pairing Challenge.  The Vouvray may be difficult to source, so find a retailer and place an order asap (At last check, I don't think it is distributed in GA, but check, and if not, it can be ordered online).

Jon Bonné from the SF Chronicle selects the elusive and proven

Francois Pinon Vouvray Brut Non-Dosé

(Louis/Dressner Import) 

A sparkling Vouvray to deliver bubbles and troubles for the tasty birds.

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Lyle Fass from Rockss and Fruit selects

Willi Schaefer Estate QBA 2008

(Michael Skurnik Wines)

A German Riesling from an uber producer.

(Two more pairings to be submitted)

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DETAILS

10/28 6PM Pacific 9PM EST

Tasting Via Twitter and USTREAM (Links and hashtag to be released soon)

With four bottles of wine, I encourage everyone to have over some friends and get a whole bucket of chicken. 

For More Posts on the Popeyes Spicy Chicken Online Wine Pairing Challenge

First Announcement,and Superstar Contestants

Click here to locate a Popeyes near you--

**This is being done 100% independently and is not being sponsored by Popeyes.

Four Superstars To Throw in Pairings For Popeyes Online Wine Pairing Challenge

The names are in!

This is an insane line-up of some of the best and most entertaining people in food and and wine.  I am extremely pleased to announce the four challengers.

Lyle Fass:  The online authority of German juice and Old School Hip-Hop.  Along with his blog Rockss and Fruit, Lyle's reviews are featured on CellarTracker.com.  Lyle is the authority of German Wine online.

Bill Addison:  The Palate-Master.  Representing the Dirty South, is James Beard nominated food and wine writer Bill Addison.  He is a one man gang of food and wine.  I declare Bill as an authority on "fried" and he writes for Atlanta Magazine.

Jon Bonné: Wine Editor for the  San Francisco Chronicle / The Cellarist, Jon does not mess around when pairing Spicy Fried Chicken, in fact, he's flown 8K miles for some dirty birds.  Jon's razor-like palate will lay siege to some southern-fried poultry.

Alan Kropf:  Publisher, Sommelier, and true Rebel-Rouser!  Mutineer Magazine's Commander in Chief is not a shy man with wine or his opinions.  A man that loves a challenge, Alan is bringing wine to a whole new audience in both print and online.

Over the next week, the 4 challengers will choose their wines.  At that point, I'll announce the bottles so that everyone tasting along will have time to source their wine.

I encourage everyone to have multiple people over and throw a bash.  Who doesn't love fried chicken?  (And you'll have four bottles of wine open).

This is going to be an insane event!  More details to come!

FIRST EVER POPEYES ONLINE WINE PAIRING CHALLENGE!

On 10/28 we put suckers to the test!

THE FIRST EVER ONLINE POPEYES SPICY CHICKEN and WINE PAIRING CHALLENGE!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Contestants, 4 Wines, Crowds of Thousands, and an online tasting like you've never done before. 

6PM PST / 9PM EST

DETAILS COMING AT YOU!!!!!!