The Miss Vickie’s brand is thrilled to announce that it is celebrating an incredible 25 years this year! Making its debut in 1987 at the Alliston Potato Festival in Ontario, Miss Vickie’s potato chips have come a long way to become Canada’s favourite kettle cooked potato chip brand. In the spirit of celebrating its silver anniversary, the brand has partnered with Australian Wine, Rosemount Estate, to introduce a first-of-its-kind pairings concept, ‘wine and chips’, to show Canadians why potato chips and wine are better enjoyed together.
Andrew Floor, Global Brand Director, and the team at Rosemount Estate, created a series of official Miss Vickie’s and Rosemount Estate ‘wine and chip’ pairings to awaken palates from coast-to-coast with new taste and flavour experiences that might not have been expected.
These pairings include:
MISS VICKIE’S ORIGINAL RECIPE POTATO CHIPS + ROSEMOUNT ESTATE SHIRAZ-CABERNET
Sophistication without pretense
The crunch of Miss Vickie’s Original Recipe potato chips forms an ideal backdrop for the spicy fruit richness of Shiraz and unmistakable blackcurrant flavours of Cabernet. An ideal balance of salt seasoning melds seamlessly with integrated oak flavours in the wine creating the ultimate, irresistible snack.
Miss Vickie’s Original Recipe potato chips are one of my favourite kinds of Miss Vickie’s and they couldn’t be bad with anything! The Shiraz-Cabernet was surprisingly good, and together they were delicious! I never would have thought that chips and wine would go together, but clearly they can!
MISS VICKIE’S SEA SALT & MALT VINEGAR POTATO CHIPS + ROSEMOUNT ESTATE PINOT GRIGIO
A classic combination
Miss Vickie’s Sea Salt & Malt Vinegar potato chips’ distinctive tangy taste truly shows off the tropical fruit and pear flavours in this Pinot Grigio. Always a crowd pleaser, this wine has great texture across the palate which stands up well to the savoury flavours in this expression of a much-loved classic flavoured chip.
I’m probably the only person on the planet who doesn’t really like salt and vinegar chips, and while I find Miss Vickie’s Sea Salt and Malt Vinegar chips to be far better than the average salt and vinegar, they still aren’t my thing. My husband loves them though, and he thought this was a fabulous combination!
MISS VICKIE’S BALSAMIC VINEGAR & SWEET ONION POTATO CHIPS + ROSEMOUNT ESTATE SHIRAZ
Down-right delicious
The popular Rosemount Diamond Shiraz finds its ultimate match here. The complex taste of Miss Vickie’s Balsamic Vinegar & Sweet Onion potato chips, a balance of sweet and sour, perfectly complements the wine’s vibrant cassis flavours while the sweet onion brings out enticing hints of licorice and spice. Look for a smooth, seamless integration of all components supported by silky tannins which carry the flavours forward in a lingering finish.
When the chips and wine arrived, my husband dug right into the box and started with these chips. He said they were the best chips he has ever had in his life. I was skeptical, but gave them a try, and I was really surprised that I also liked them a lot. The Rosemount Estate Shiraz is my favourite of the Rosemount wines too, and together they are awesome!
To learn more about Miss Vickie’s and the brand’s 25th Anniversary initiatives, please visit www.facebook.com/MissVickies. To learn more about Rosemount Estate, please visit www.rosemountestate.com.
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