"Cheesy Party," the email from Keith and Diane, said. Bring a wine and a cheese to match, and we'll all sit around their pool with some good friends.

Needless to say, this idea appealed to me.

So I picked out a couple of bottles I had lying around, namely a bottle of 2001 Alphonse Mellot "Cuvee Edmond" Sancerre I picked up at Federal Wine & Spirits on Wednesday and a bottle of 2004 Bodegas Tres Picos Garnacha from Campo de Borja, Spain I had sitting in the rack since the beginning of the year. We stopped by our local cheese shop, Formaggio, and picked up a block of Orna from Valencia, Spain (to pair with the Garnacha) and a Sancerre goat cheese to pair with the Mellot.