White Grapes & Lemon Squares

I L-O-V-E desserts! Cupcakes, Sorbet, Pie and every delicious sweet treat in-between. Wine is, of course, my life passion. What better way to compare my two favorite loves (outside of my beautiful children, Kayla and Raynard Jr.).

As the Easter holiday quickly approaches, baby it's time to bake and create. This weekend I'll be hosting a wine tasting. The majority of the wines are white, sweet and off-dry. That's perfect for a spring time wine and dessert pairing. I like making homemade treats, this method is truly preferred. But after life responsibilities multiply and the "new normal" sleep pattern turns out to be four hours half asleep working on the Laptop and maybe two hours of sleep if I make it to the bed, Ms. Betty Crocker has become my sweet treat hero. I ran across a mouth-watering recipe on the Betty Crocker website, the dessert is called “Luscious Lemon Squares”. Check out the site for the recipe http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/luscious-lemon-squares/c01a5935-6f52-419c-af08-e8c267c1aaf7. As a compliment to the wine tasting, I am pairing the lemon squares with two of my favorite vinos. The first is an off-dry sparkling wine, Petit Cadeau Semi-Seco. This splendid sparkling is a perfect blend of white grapes (French Colombard, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Muscat, Viognier, Pinot Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc). The twinkling bubbles will lend an uplifting burst of flavor to the lemon squares. The second wine is an 2012 Riesling. Served chilled, this vino is so light and refreshing. It boosts notes of pear, peach and a perfectly overwhelming mouthful of lemon, lime and honey. Frisch Riesling, 2012, has completely surprised my palate. This wine is considered off-dry but is practically sweet to me (a devout dry, dry, dry wine sipper). Below, check out pictures of the wines and the dessert. Close your eyes and imagine how triple delicious this pairing will be. After wiping the drool from your face, quickly rush to my WineShop At Home website (http://www.wineshopathome.com/kimberlyjohnson) in order to find out more information on the Petit Cadeau Semi-Seco Sparkling Wine and the Riesling. You too can enjoy this fabulous wine pairing by purchasing the wines from on my webpage or contacting me to host a wine tasting with you and all of your wine loving friends. Cheers!