Wine and Cheese Pairing

I did a wine and cheese pairing over spring break with my parents.

Me, My mom, and dad.

During the wine and cheese paring we had four different cheeses some crackers and some grapes that I tried with the different wine. All that I had to do was three different cheese but with this packet I was able to do four so we figured why not.  The cheese were:
White Muenster
New York Aged Cheddar (aged 6 months)
Gouda
Havarti with Dill

All the cheese, wine, grapes, and crackers.

I did this tasting a little different then I did with the wine dinner.  With the dinner I tried one type of food with the three different wine before I moved onto the next dish but this time I had one wine and then tried all the food before moving onto the next wine. (side note there was no red wine because it gives my mom headaches)

The Paring wines.

Name: Santiago Station

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc

Region: Valle Central

Country: Chile

Initial: It had a nice fruity and pear smell to it.  It tasted a little acidic and citrusy.  I would give this wine an 7 out of 10.
White Muenster: No change
New York Aged Cheddar: No change
Gouda: No change
Havarti with Dill: No change for me.  My dad thought it got a more acidic taste to it.
Side notes:  We all thought that the wheat cracker made the wine a little more sharper in taste

Name: Wild Haven

Variety: Pinot Gris

Region: Washington State

Country: USA

Year: 2013

Initial: Wild haven had a fruity and a pine smell on the nose.  At first it had a crisp and citrus taste with a acidic taste sat on the pallet.  I would give this wine a 7.5 out of 10.
White Muenster: me or my mom really noticed any change while my dad thought that the cheese made the wine smoother taste.
New York Aged Cheddar: I felt it increased the alcohol/acidic taste.  While my mom felt it got smoother.  My dad did not notice much of a change.
Gouda: this was a lot like the White Muenster where me or my mom did not notice a change.  while my dad thought it was a little more bitter.
Havarti with Dill: Me and my mom both thought the wine tasted sharper and my dad did not notice to much change.
Side notes: We all thought that the multigrain cracker we had with the wines almost ruined the wine taste or really dulled it.  Most of are favorite combo was the White Muenster and Gouda with the wine.

Name: Five Branches

Variety: Chardonnay

Region: California

Country: USA 

Initial: The Five Branches had a nice fruity and peach smell.  The initial taste was a little dry with an oak taste.
White Muenster: I felt it made the wine sharper.  My mom thought the cheese brought out more flavor like vanilla and lowered some of the oak taste. My dad did not really notice any change.
New York Aged Cheddar: I thought that it made the wine sharper like the one above while my mom and dad thought it lowered the acidic taste which made it more dull.
Gouda: I thouhgt that this cheese made it more dull and my parents thought that it increased the alcohol taste.
Havarti with Dill: We all thought that it was nasty with the wine almost ruining it.
Side notes: We really like the White Muenster and wine combo the best.

Overview:
Doing the wine and cheese paring was fun at first but became a little to much. the constant change of cheese and type of wine more upset all are stomachs.  I also would recommended doing something like this with more then just three people because we all drank more then we planned on (almost a full bottle per person within an hour).   I did not talk about the grapes because we thought that the grapes were nasty with all the wine.

Some of my dogs wanted to join in on the tasting.