Slow-cooked, tender duck meat with caramelized red onion, balsamic, and orange zest in a crispy tartlet paired with hand-crafted California red wine. It sounds like something you’d see on a gourmet dinner menu but this show stopping appetizer is not only doable, it’s easy! Best of all, you can prep all the ingredients ahead of time and assemble them in minutes when it’s time to serve. A few time-saving hacks and simple ingredients create a new holiday classic your friends and family will love.

On their own, food and wine each have their own distinct flavor profiles. When we combine them, they create a third flavor! One that doesn’t exist without both. Perfect pairings happen when two components come together in harmony on the palate. When we understand the building blocks of flavor, we can graduate to combining them!