Brick's roots lie in Wisconsin at the end of the 1800's. Its name is perhaps derived from early moulding techniques, the pressing of the cheeses with actual bricks. The cheese has a number of small and irregular holes and an open texture. It suggests a mixture of sweet, spicy and nutty flavor. Brick tastes delicious with any kind of fruit, crackers, wine, beer or apple juice.
Chardonnay wine is probably the most popular white wine in the U.S. The chardonnay grape is used to produced French Champagnes as well as white Burgandy. Chardonnay grapes are planted in many major grape producing countries including Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Spain. /bcb
(pronounced SHAR-doe-nay):
Chardonnay is the world's most popular white wine grape, with over 300,000 acres planted, 100,000 in California alone. It’s homeland is the Burgundy region of France, where it produces sublime, complex table wines (in Champagne and elsewhere it provides the base for many of the world’s best sparkling wines), but it also flourishes in California, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and South Africa.
Chardonnay is a good-yielding variety that buds early in the season and also ripens relatively early, with its thin skin making it susceptible to rot from early rains. The best chardonnays come from cool climates like Burgundy or California’s Carneros District, but the variety also adapts well to warmer regions like Australia. Chardonnay ripens easily and produces medium-to-full-bodied wines with rich apple, citrus, and tropical fruit aromas and flavors. Although it can be vinified as a crisp, fruity quaffing wine, the best, most complex chardonnays, as in Burgundy, are fermented in small oak barrels and put through a secondary, malolactic fermentation, which imparts toasty, buttery characteristics to both the wine’s aroma and flavor.
Chardonnay is not an especially versatile food wine and is best paired with simply prepared seafood and poultry dishes.
Wine Tasting - The Sense of Taste
After observing your wine using the sense of sight and smell, it is then time to use your palate to identify tastes. This is far more detailed than simply tasting as we would any other beverage. We must remember to note the characteristics of the wine on all sensory areas of the tongue. Sweetness is detected on the very tip of the tongue, while bitter tastes are sensed in the extreme rear. Saltiness is sensed on the front, upper sides of the tongue, and the acidity-sour taste is sensed mainly on the sides. Some suggest focusing your attention on one sensation at a time in order to be more efficient in your taste. Try taking a sip of wine and swallowing immediately. Then try another sip, this time letting the wine work well around the palate into these sensory areas before swallowing. You will recognize a noticeable difference in the intensity of flavors!
BRICK CHEESE AND CHARDONNAY WINE
Great Appetizer
Creamy Brick Spread
Brick cheese is a Wisconsin original. Brick is named for its shape and also because cheesemakers originally used bricks to press the moisture from the cheese. Surface-ripened Bricks resemble Germany's Bier Kase (Beer Cheese). Wisconsin leads the nation in the production of Brick and surface-ripened Brick. The bacteria, known as smear, that cheesemakers apply to surface-ripened cheese develops the full, earthy flavor of the cheese. Young Brick is mild and creamy. Well-aged Brick is dense and pungent - some call it "stinky cheese".
8 oz. Wisconsin Brick cheese, shredded
8 oz. Cream cheese
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons minced fresh onion
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
Bread or crackers (rye or pumpernickel is great with this)
Combine ingredients; blend until smooth. Spread on bread or crisp cracker. Makes 1-1/2 cups spread
Chardonnay is the world's most popular white wine grape, with over 300,000 acres planted, 100,000 in California alone. It’s homeland is the Burgundy region of France, where it produces sublime, complex table wines (in Champagne and elsewhere it provides the base for many of the world’s best sparkling wines), but it also flourishes in California, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and South Africa. 
After observing your wine using the sense of sight and smell, it is then time to use your palate to identify tastes. This is far more detailed than simply tasting as we would any other beverage. We must remember to note the characteristics of the wine on all sensory areas of the tongue. Sweetness is detected on the very tip of the tongue, while bitter tastes are sensed in the extreme rear. Saltiness is sensed on the front, upper sides of the tongue, and the acidity-sour taste is sensed mainly on the sides. Some suggest focusing your attention on one sensation at a time in order to be more efficient in your taste. Try taking a sip of wine and swallowing immediately. Then try another sip, this time letting the wine work well around the palate into these sensory areas before swallowing. You will recognize a noticeable difference in the intensity of flavors! 
