Wine & Cheese {plus a Giveaway!}

If I were to name for you the food items I could never grow tired of - good crusty bread, fresh mozzarella cheese, and roasted bell peppers would be near the top. Served together, it's an appetizer {but also a meal in itself} that's forefront at many of my family gatherings. Yet, any day of the week is occasion enough for me to enjoy them.
Your favorite cheese plate might look something like this, or it may be something completely different - maybe you like to serve cheese with fruit, or nuts? Instead of crusty bread, perhaps you like flatbreads, breadsticks, or just plain old crackers? Regardless of what's on your next cheese plate, if you're like me, you may struggle trying to figure out what the best beverage to serve with it is? The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has a very simple and fun to use Cheese Cupid Pairing Tool {which is available online, but also as a free iPhone app} that made deciding what to pair with my favorite cheese plate easy.

They've also just released a series of Cheese Cupid Cinema videos, which celebrate everyday life achievements through a Wisconsin Cheese and beverage pairing. This post gives you a small peek at my favorite pairing, but you can visit the Wisconsin Cheese Talk blog to see my guest post in it's entirety, featuring my recipe for Marinated Wisconsin Fresh Mozzarella & Roasted Sweet Bell Peppers.
In celebration of the release of the videos, and to help you get started on creating your own pairing, Cheese Cupid and the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board are generously offering one of my readers $25 worth of Wisconsin cheese mailed right to your doorstep, free of charge. To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment below - your comment will count as two giveaway entries if you share which Cheese Cupid Cinema video you like best! The winner will be chosen at random on Friday June 1st. Please, don't forget to leave your email address in the comment form! Only US residents are eligible for the giveaway.
Disclosure: The Wisconsin Milk Board provided me with a stipend to cover any expenses incurred while creating this guest post for them. However, as always, all opinions and comments expressed here are solely my own.
UPDATE: The giveaway winner is ... Heather (Squirrel Bread) - Congrats to you! Thank you to everyone for participating and for all your great comments!