Wine infused coffee?
The fusion of coffee and red wine has begun, we never tire of the sheer amount of coffee-infusions that the rest of the world seems to come up with on an almost daily basis.
A new Napa Valley partnership has decided in their infinite wine-producing wisdom to infuse coffee beans with their wine.
It’s almost as if the world will never run out of strange coffee-combos for us to purr over.
Molinari Private Reserve is made in the heart of the world-renowned wine-making region and had initially started out as an experiment between the companies founders.
Rick Molinari and coffee roasting pal John Weaver joined forces to create an experimental wine-boosted caffeine blend, with the two tastes complimenting each other well.
Over two and half years of development, refining and of course ageing has gone into every single wine-infused blend.
Coming in both regular and decaffeinated options, both blends feature carefully selected coffee beans that are rehydrated to a specific liquid percentage using a specially made house red, which has been created for Mr Molinari by the local Napa Valley wineries.
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After this infusion process, the beans are dried and roasted for what Molinari Private Reserve call a ‘rich, full-bodied coffee with a blueberry note’.
Designed and blended to create an array of espresso and non-espresso based beverages, it works well within a latte, French press, cold brewed and of course black.
Adding milk enhances the wine flavours, whilst a French press helps bring the blueberry notes to the fore for a fruity, light brew.
Unfortunately, the beans are only available at a number of coffee and wine venues across the Napa Valley, so unless you’re planning a trip out to California in the near future, then we may live in hope that the continents wineries follow suit and create their own blends.
We wonder if they got the idea from the caffeine-filled fortified wine, Buckfast?