Fresh Summer Mussels and a Delcious Sauvignon Blanc

Summer is coming to an end and what better way to celebrate the nice weather we've had than with a fresh food and wine pairing? We have a new wine in the store produced by Lucien Crochet from Sancerre, France made with pure sauvignon blanc grapes. Downright musky as well as hinting at white truffle and chalk dust, Crochet’s 2008 Sancerre Clos du Roy delivers another Chablis-like concentration of salted meat stock with herbs and chalk, the whole drenched in refreshingly juicy lime and grapefruit. This terrific value finishes with invigorating, dynamic, interactive, near kaleidoscopic complexity of animal, herbal, citrus, and mineral elements and should be worth relishing over the next half dozen years. We suggest that you pair this wine with some fresh Mussels in white wine sauce. We have found a recipe from Barefoot Contessa herself, Ina Garten, that is simple and easy to follow. Check it out here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/mussels-in-white-wine-recipe/index.html