How To Host A Wine Sipper

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How many of you know your neighbors?  After living on the same street for 5 years, I’m still getting to know our neighbors.  Summer time is the perfect time to invite neighbors over and meet other moms.  Family, which includes neighbors and friends, is so important in the Latin culture.  My parents’ hosted frequent block parties, small gatherings, and even hosted wine tastings for neighbors.  This summer, invite some of your neighbors for a Sutter Home wine sipper.  My parents knew that Sutter Home was the go to wine for summer entertaining and now I’m continuing the tradition by using the same award winning California wine.

Sutter Home makes occasions so much more special by offering several varietals that bring people together to share good times.  I decided that my wine sipper gathering would need a great tasting Sutter Home Moscato, Sutter Home Red Blend, and Sutter Home White Zinfandel.  These great tasting wines pair excellently with some Latin dishes like sauteed shrimp with tostones and a refreshing mango avocado summer salad.

Sutter Home White Zinfandel and Peach spritz snowballs, also known as snow cones, are a great way to cool down from the scorching summer heat.  Make snowballs easily by mixing Sutter Home White Zinfandel with peach flavored sparkling peach juice and add to ice crushed in a food processor or blender.  I like to refrigerate the mixed wine until my guests arrive.

Wine sippers do not need to be time consuming or cause a lot of stress.  Simply arrange 2 to 3 small dishes to serve with at least one red and one white Sutter Home wine.  Sutter Home Moscato pairs very well with a mango, avocado summer salad.  This salad is so easy to make!  Simply add all the ingredients into a large bowl and give it a light toss.  Use small bowls to serve the salad and refrigerate the remaining salad to replenish your guests’ bowls.

Sutter Home Red Blend pairs wonderfully with sauteed shrimp served with tostones.  Tostones, or fried plantains, are a staple entertainment food for many Latin families.  Who am I kidding?  Plantains are practically another food group!

This summer, invite a few neighbors over for a Sutter Home wine sipper. Remember these helpful tips and you’ll be sure to have a wonderful wine sipper.

1. Serve one red and one white Sutter Home wine
2. Serve White Zinfandel peach wine snowballs as soon as guests arrive
3. Keep it your menu simple by serving 2-3 dishes (check out the convenient recipe cards at the end of this post!)
4. Have different heights to each food item using cake stands and trays

I hope you host your own wine sipper this summer.  For more ideas on how to incorporate Sutter Home in your summer menu, check out the Sutter Home summer ideas page here.  Which of the ideas is your favorite and a must see?

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Wine Sipper Menu: White Zinfandel Peach Snowball, Sauteed Shrimp with Tostones, with Mango Avocado Summer Salad

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Yield: Serves 6 Guests

3 Recipes for a tasty summer wine sipper gathering!

Ingredients

White Zinfandel Peach Snowball:
• Ice
• 1 bottle Sutter Home White Zinfandel
• 1 bottle Peach sparkling juice
Sauteed Shrimp with Tostones:
• 2 Plantains
• 8 oz Medium /Large Shrimp
• Juice of 1 Lemon
• 1/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 cups Vegetable Oil
• 1 small Yellow Onion Diced
• 1 tbs Minced Garlic
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 pepper
• 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning
Mango Avocado Summer Salad:
• 1 Mango Cubed
• 1 Avocado Cubed
• 1 Medium Diced Red Onion
• 1 Diced Large Tomato
• 1/3 cup Chopped Cilantro
• 1 can Yellow Sweet Corn, Drained and Rinsed
• 1 can Black Beans, Drained and Rinsed
• Juice of 1 Lime
• 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Pepper

Instructions

White Zinfandel Peach Snowball:
1. Combine the wine and 3/4 of the bottle of the peach sparkling juice and place in freezer for 1 hour
2. Use food processor to grind ice cubes into snow consistency
3. Place ice snow into goblets and pour wine mixture on top of snow
4. Use spoon or wide straw to drink
Sauteed Shrimp with Tostones:
5. Marinate peeled and deveined shrimp in olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and Old Bay seasoning for 5-10 minutes in a bowl
6. Heat frying pan on medium heat and toss entire contents of bowl into pan
7. Sautee shrimp for approximately 3 minutes on both sides, or until shrimp turns opaque and red in color
8. Remove shrimp from pan and toss in diced onions
9. Add minced garlic after onions have sweat and cook an additional minute
10. Combine garlic and onion sauce with shrimp and remove from heat
11. In a separate medium sized frying pan, add vegetable oil and heat on medium high heat
12. Remove peel from plantains and chop into 6-7 round pieces
13. Fry each plantain piece for 2 minutes on each side, or until turn light golden brown and place on paper towel to drain
14. Use the bottom of a glass to lightly smash each fried plantain segment into disks (tostones)
15. Fry each tostone for an additional minute on each side
16. Remove and drain on paper towel
17. Season with dash of salt
18. Place 1-2 sauteed shrimp on each tostone and serve
Mango Avocado Salad:
19. Place all ingredients in a large bowl
20. Lightly toss with a spatula being careful not to smash avocados
21. Place in small bowls and top with more chopped cilantro

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