Wine is one of those things that goes great with truly anything. But the latest trend is tasting wine whilst listening to music.
The super secretive Traveling Sommelier has started a new trend across the country. One never knows where they will show up next, because there is no schedule or real means of getting ahold of them. They travel America’s highways stopping at different fairs, festivals, and parking lots along the way.
I happened to stumble upon this spectacular traveling bar one day at an art fair in Milwaukee, and talked with the innovative owner Jessica Morsey.
The idea came when the three Morsey sisters got together for a movie night. They each brought a bottle of wine that they loved, and had drank numerous times before. They were watching the movie, but getting distracted by conversation, as most siblings do.
Jessica’s youngest sister showed them a music video to a song that she had heard and fallen in love with recently. As they were listening to it, and drinking their wine, they noticed the grape beverage was tasting a little smoother than normal. The sisters then got together over the next few weeks and were pairing wines and songs together. The business took off from there.
“Drinking makes people pretty happy, and music makes them even happier. Why not combine the two?” Jessica said with a slight chuckle before she went to serve another taster.
Tarter wines usually follow a slow smooth taste and end with a puckering finish; they pair really well with a slow steady song, that gradually increases its tempo. I tried Pasek Cranberry Wine out of Mount Vernon, Washington while listening to an eight-minute rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” The blast of taste didn’t affect me as much until the song sped up around the five-minute mark. Then the true flavors emerged.
They were tasting all sorts of wines from Cabernet Sauvignon to Peach Moscato. These wines were bottled all over the world, with no real hint as to why we were trying certain brands. We listened to Led Zeppelin, Cole Swindell, ABBA, Nelly, and Amy Grant. Each song brought out the flavor of the wine.
The idea is so simple, yet it holds so much potential because there is an endless number of songs out there, not mention all the different versions and covers of songs. After I experienced this traveling wine bar, I tried some song-wine experimenting of my own. Disturbed’s version of “Sound of Silence” for instance goes great with my favorite chardonnay by Kenwood Vineyards.
Music really makes everything worthwhile. It lifts your mood, helps you exercise, spend time with friends, and now, it even makes wine taste better. Who knew music could be so powerful?
By Katie Hawk
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