{"id":3958,"date":"2021-11-08T15:22:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T15:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/?p=3958"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:17:29","slug":"how-to-create-a-charcuterie-board-to-pair-with-your-homemade-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/how-to-create-a-charcuterie-board-to-pair-with-your-homemade-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Charcuterie Board to Pair with Your Homemade Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have worked hard to produce a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon and you can\u2019t wait to share it with your friends!\u00a0 You make the invite list, get the bottles ready, but then you wonder, how best can I present the wine to my audience?<\/p>\n<p>Why not create a charcuterie board? They are all the rage right now and easy to put together.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips to make one for your next gathering.<\/p>\n<h4><u>Items for your board:<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Board itself<\/li>\n<li>Cheeses<\/li>\n<li>Crackers and Bread<\/li>\n<li>Nuts<\/li>\n<li>Meats<\/li>\n<li>Fruits or Veggies<\/li>\n<li>Other items \u2013 such as chocolate, spreads or flower garnishes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consider how many people will be in attendance and then buy accordingly. A medium sized board \u2013 whether it\u2019s a <strong>cutting board<\/strong> or a food safe tray \u2013 should work just fine. If you have a larger audience, you may want a larger board or include smaller plates with items to complement the main board itself.<\/p>\n<p>Arrange the board with a <strong>variety of cheeses<\/strong> \u2013 2 or 3 \u2013 one that is soft, one that is a little harder will work. You can always buy pre sliced cheeses too.<\/p>\n<p>Having a few <strong>crackers<\/strong> \u2013 1 to 3 types is a good idea \u2013 and helps if someone doesn\u2019t eat cheese or would prefer to enjoy some salty eats while sipping on wine. Be sure to add some <strong>bread<\/strong>, like a baguette, sliced on the board as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuts<\/strong> are good to include \u2013 another salty option in addition to crackers. Or even olives or an olive tapenade can supplement the crackers or nuts.<\/p>\n<p>Add in some <strong>meats <\/strong>such as salami, pepperoni, prosciutto or turkey slices as well as <strong>fruit<\/strong> such as table grapes or strawberries, or other berries like blackberries or raspberries.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these staples, other items to consider are a sweet element such as some dark <strong>chocolate<\/strong> or some <strong>spreads <\/strong>like a Dijon mustard. You can also include flowers to make the board pretty; make sure you let your attendees know that they are not edible!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t over think the board or the items on it. Pick a few from each area and have fun with it!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t have enough time to make one? Check out local charcuterie extrodinaire<a href=\"https:\/\/makefoodlovely.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Make Food Lovely<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6>Written by\u00a0Michelle Griffis aka the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelgeecommunications.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nutmeg Nos<\/a>e for MWG<\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/wanderlustandwellness.org\/charcuterie-board-for-beginners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source 1<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modern-glam.com\/how-to-napa-style-charcuterie-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source 2<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhg.com\/recipes\/party\/appetizers\/how-to-build-a-simple-charcuterie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source 3<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have worked hard to produce a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon and you can\u2019t wait to share it with your friends!\u00a0 You make the invite list, get the bottles ready, but then you wonder, how best can I present the wine to my audience? Why not create a charcuterie board? They are all the rage right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1428,1426,1427,1425,1115,1368,902,29,222],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Charcuterie-Board.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ZM5f-11Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4504,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958\/revisions\/4504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.juicegrape.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}