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#Samples You remember a while back when we trekk

#Samples You remember a while back when we trekked into the wild at Mt. Charleston and picnicked with a view and a wonderful Rosé from the Hérault department in the South of France?
_____ Well, when we received that #sample from Kind of Wild they included 2 other wines, that we couldn’t fit in our backpack that day. We saved those to pair with a bit of grilling.
_____ The bottles we received were the 2020 Sauvignon Blanc from Valle de Lolol, Chile, and the 2020 Malbec-Cabernet Sauvignon from Mendoza, Argentina, so we were doing a bit of a South American theme! 🇨🇱🇦🇷
_____ These wines are sourced from family owned organic and regenerative vineyards around the world so they are doing good things for the planet!
🌱🌎
_____ We had a bit of an adventure grilling a edible cheese plate! Then we did a marinated flank steak to go with the Malbec-Cab and garlic thyme grilled shrimp for the Sav Blanc. For a healthy side we made a broccoli, purple cabbage and grape salad.
_____ Find the details on the wine and the food at CrushedGrapeChronicles.com @kindofwildwines
#organicwine
#regenerativeagriculture
@kisstheground
@organicfarmingresearch
#rewildingtheplanet

It's a Pinot kind of night!

It's a Pinot kind of night!

Okay...I'm sticking with the Rebel part here. I k

Okay...I'm sticking with the Rebel part here. I know that the Rebel Roan Olympic pairing was "Equestrian Events"...but I'm rebelling and sipping it with swimming! Drink on my friends!
#rebelling
#rebelRoan
#Iloverhones
#Olympicpairings
@carharttfamilywines

#Samples We are doing a bit of virtual travel to

#Samples
We are doing a bit of virtual travel to Asturias, which is in Northern Spain on the Cantabrian Sea, tucked in between Cantabria and Galicia.
_____ This is the land of Sidra or hard cider, made from apples. They are proud of their cider here, it has a deep culture with lots of fascinating “rules”, for pouring, sharing and tossing the Sidra!
_____ Our Cider came from Bodegas Mayador, who have been making sidras since 1939. The orchards are close to the coast near the small town of Villaviciosa.
_____ We tasted the Mayador Sidra Natural 2017 & the Sidra Asturiana Mayador limited production Sidra Espumante 2017 and paired them with a cheese plate with Valdéon, a Spanish blue cheese, chorizo, membrillo (quince paste) and Marcona almonds, plus
a Spanish inspired grilled Cheese sandwich.
_____ Read the whole fascinating story at CrushedGrapeChronicles.com... Then join the #WorldWineTravel group on Twitter Saturday, July 24th at 11 am Eastern to discuss Spanish ciders!
_____ @winesellersltd
@sidramayador

#Sample Luminesce is L’Ecole No. 41’s Bordea

#Sample Luminesce is L’Ecole No. 41’s Bordeaux inspired white wine blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc.
_____ (We received this as a media sample, not other compensation was received
and all opinions are our own)
_____ Inspired by White Bordeaux, I dug a bit further and found that Fukuoka is one of the Bordeaux sister cities. Michael and I visited Fukuoka years ago while doing an international tour of Smokey Joe’s Café. I remember staying in the beautiful
city overlooking Hakata Bay near the baseball stadium. The city sits on the northern shore of Kyushu island.
_____ Wanting to tap into that beauty and having salmon on my mind, I decided to make Temaki sushi. These are the beautiful hand rolls, that look like a cone of nori filled with delicious and beautiful things.
_____ The 2020 Luminesce
In the glass, I found melded aromas of blossoms, white flowers, Meyer lemon, apple, pear, something tropical, perhaps lilikoi? There was a bit of chalk and a tiny hint of the lanolin that let me know this has some Semillon in it.
_____ In my mouth, the wine was dry but had fruit-like sweetness. The acid is bright without being sharp making it wonderful for pairing. The body was richer on this wine from the bâtonnage.
_____ Our temaki added a bit of goat cheese to tie in the French influence and pair with the Sauvignon Blanc, as well as a little dill. We went with salmon and topped it with salmon or flying fish roe and some microgreens, just because they were pretty.
_____ Read the whole piece to get the recipe, learn more about this wine and get an update on L’Ecole’s Vineyards at Crushed Grape Chronicles!
_____ @lecole41
#WAWine
@wwvalleywine
#semillon
#SauvignonBlanc
#wine
#wineandfoodpairings
#temaki

Sometimes inspiration hits. I saw sweet corn at t

Sometimes inspiration hits. I saw sweet corn at the grocery store and remembered my friend Jane doing a shrimp and corn dish this past week.
I ran with the idea and threw this together with some things I had in the fridge.
This is oven roasted corn in herbed butter with orange pepper, zucchini, grape tomatoes, spinache and goat cheese. Topped with garlic thyme shrimp.
It would be amazing with a rosé!
____ #freshproduce
#summerinspired
#recipes
#shrimpandcorn
#foodstagram
#homemade
#foodlover

#Samples Thanks to the Millésimes Alsace 2021 D

What can I say? I adore him. #lokirocks #thewayto

What can I say? I adore him.
#lokirocks #thewaytostarttheday #catstagram

The other day we decided to go on a hike. We had

The other day we decided to go on a hike. We had heard about the "Old Bristlecone Trail", and had unknowingly passed it multiple times. On this day we followed it. It's kinda magical, oh...and steep. I think we stopped every few feet for a while as it felt like we were going straight up. The trail takes you to the ridge where there is a Grove of bristle one pines then around around the mountain to look out to the west, then back through the woods to meet the Bonanza trail. It was about 7 miles and it was spectacular.
#mtcharleston #oldbristleconetrail
#forestbathing #shinrinyoku

#Samples A bit ago I received a box of sample wi

#Samples A bit ago I received a box of sample wines from Kind of Wild.
_____ Adam and Jordan Sager are brothers who have been importing wines with their family company Winesellers, Ltd for a while. They love organic wines, good organic wines from all over, and are passionate about bringing them into the US market.
_____ So they searched for new organic & regenerative winegrowers across the globe to find wines that are both delicious and good for the planet. They have partnered with Kiss the Ground and the Organic Farming Research Foundation.
_____ We were inspired by the name and took a bottle into the wild for tasting.
We packed a picnic and the bottle of the Kind of Wild Syrah-Grenache Rosé from Pays d’Herault into our picnic/wine backpack and headed to the Mountain.
_____ The wine was delicious! It is a 50/50 blend of Syrah and Grenache
“made by a 3rd generation female winemaker in the South of France.”
The wine had notes of watermelon and strawberries, it was refreshing but had a depth to keep it from
being too carefree. I think of this, not as a party wine, but rather the perfect wine to quietly sip while enjoying an amazing view…which is exactly what we did.
_____ Read the whole story at CrushedGrapeChronicles.com!
_____ @kindofwildwines
#organicwine
#regenerativeagriculture
@kisstheground
@organicfarmingresearch
#syrahgrenacherosé
#rewildingtheplanet

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#Samples You remember a while back when we trekk

#Samples You remember a while back when we trekked into the wild at Mt. Charleston and picnicked with a view and a wonderful Rosé from the Hérault department in the South of France?
_____ Well, when we received that #sample from Kind of Wild they included 2 other wines, that we couldn’t fit in our backpack that day. We saved those to pair with a bit of grilling.
_____ The bottles we received were the 2020 Sauvignon Blanc from Valle de Lolol, Chile, and the 2020 Malbec-Cabernet Sauvignon from Mendoza, Argentina, so we were doing a bit of a South American theme! 🇨🇱🇦🇷
_____ These wines are sourced from family owned organic and regenerative vineyards around the world so they are doing good things for the planet!
🌱🌎
_____ We had a bit of an adventure grilling a edible cheese plate! Then we did a marinated flank steak to go with the Malbec-Cab and garlic thyme grilled shrimp for the Sav Blanc. For a healthy side we made a broccoli, purple cabbage and grape salad.
_____ Find the details on the wine and the food at CrushedGrapeChronicles.com @kindofwildwines
#organicwine
#regenerativeagriculture
@kisstheground
@organicfarmingresearch
#rewildingtheplanet

It's a Pinot kind of night!

It's a Pinot kind of night!

Okay...I'm sticking with the Rebel part here. I k

Okay...I'm sticking with the Rebel part here. I know that the Rebel Roan Olympic pairing was "Equestrian Events"...but I'm rebelling and sipping it with swimming! Drink on my friends!
#rebelling
#rebelRoan
#Iloverhones
#Olympicpairings
@carharttfamilywines

#Samples We are doing a bit of virtual travel to

#Samples
We are doing a bit of virtual travel to Asturias, which is in Northern Spain on the Cantabrian Sea, tucked in between Cantabria and Galicia.
_____ This is the land of Sidra or hard cider, made from apples. They are proud of their cider here, it has a deep culture with lots of fascinating “rules”, for pouring, sharing and tossing the Sidra!
_____ Our Cider came from Bodegas Mayador, who have been making sidras since 1939. The orchards are close to the coast near the small town of Villaviciosa.
_____ We tasted the Mayador Sidra Natural 2017 & the Sidra Asturiana Mayador limited production Sidra Espumante 2017 and paired them with a cheese plate with Valdéon, a Spanish blue cheese, chorizo, membrillo (quince paste) and Marcona almonds, plus
a Spanish inspired grilled Cheese sandwich.
_____ Read the whole fascinating story at CrushedGrapeChronicles.com... Then join the #WorldWineTravel group on Twitter Saturday, July 24th at 11 am Eastern to discuss Spanish ciders!
_____ @winesellersltd
@sidramayador

#Sample Luminesce is L’Ecole No. 41’s Bordea

#Sample Luminesce is L’Ecole No. 41’s Bordeaux inspired white wine blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc.
_____ (We received this as a media sample, not other compensation was received
and all opinions are our own)
_____ Inspired by White Bordeaux, I dug a bit further and found that Fukuoka is one of the Bordeaux sister cities. Michael and I visited Fukuoka years ago while doing an international tour of Smokey Joe’s Café. I remember staying in the beautiful
city overlooking Hakata Bay near the baseball stadium. The city sits on the northern shore of Kyushu island.
_____ Wanting to tap into that beauty and having salmon on my mind, I decided to make Temaki sushi. These are the beautiful hand rolls, that look like a cone of nori filled with delicious and beautiful things.
_____ The 2020 Luminesce
In the glass, I found melded aromas of blossoms, white flowers, Meyer lemon, apple, pear, something tropical, perhaps lilikoi? There was a bit of chalk and a tiny hint of the lanolin that let me know this has some Semillon in it.
_____ In my mouth, the wine was dry but had fruit-like sweetness. The acid is bright without being sharp making it wonderful for pairing. The body was richer on this wine from the bâtonnage.
_____ Our temaki added a bit of goat cheese to tie in the French influence and pair with the Sauvignon Blanc, as well as a little dill. We went with salmon and topped it with salmon or flying fish roe and some microgreens, just because they were pretty.
_____ Read the whole piece to get the recipe, learn more about this wine and get an update on L’Ecole’s Vineyards at Crushed Grape Chronicles!
_____ @lecole41
#WAWine
@wwvalleywine
#semillon
#SauvignonBlanc
#wine
#wineandfoodpairings
#temaki

Sometimes inspiration hits. I saw sweet corn at t

Sometimes inspiration hits. I saw sweet corn at the grocery store and remembered my friend Jane doing a shrimp and corn dish this past week.
I ran with the idea and threw this together with some things I had in the fridge.
This is oven roasted corn in herbed butter with orange pepper, zucchini, grape tomatoes, spinache and goat cheese. Topped with garlic thyme shrimp.
It would be amazing with a rosé!
____ #freshproduce
#summerinspired
#recipes
#shrimpandcorn
#foodstagram
#homemade
#foodlover

#Samples Thanks to the Millésimes Alsace 2021 D

What can I say? I adore him. #lokirocks #thewayto

What can I say? I adore him.
#lokirocks #thewaytostarttheday #catstagram

The other day we decided to go on a hike. We had

The other day we decided to go on a hike. We had heard about the "Old Bristlecone Trail", and had unknowingly passed it multiple times. On this day we followed it. It's kinda magical, oh...and steep. I think we stopped every few feet for a while as it felt like we were going straight up. The trail takes you to the ridge where there is a Grove of bristle one pines then around around the mountain to look out to the west, then back through the woods to meet the Bonanza trail. It was about 7 miles and it was spectacular.
#mtcharleston #oldbristleconetrail
#forestbathing #shinrinyoku

#Samples A bit ago I received a box of sample wi

#Samples A bit ago I received a box of sample wines from Kind of Wild.
_____ Adam and Jordan Sager are brothers who have been importing wines with their family company Winesellers, Ltd for a while. They love organic wines, good organic wines from all over, and are passionate about bringing them into the US market.
_____ So they searched for new organic & regenerative winegrowers across the globe to find wines that are both delicious and good for the planet. They have partnered with Kiss the Ground and the Organic Farming Research Foundation.
_____ We were inspired by the name and took a bottle into the wild for tasting.
We packed a picnic and the bottle of the Kind of Wild Syrah-Grenache Rosé from Pays d’Herault into our picnic/wine backpack and headed to the Mountain.
_____ The wine was delicious! It is a 50/50 blend of Syrah and Grenache
“made by a 3rd generation female winemaker in the South of France.”
The wine had notes of watermelon and strawberries, it was refreshing but had a depth to keep it from
being too carefree. I think of this, not as a party wine, but rather the perfect wine to quietly sip while enjoying an amazing view…which is exactly what we did.
_____ Read the whole story at CrushedGrapeChronicles.com!
_____ @kindofwildwines
#organicwine
#regenerativeagriculture
@kisstheground
@organicfarmingresearch
#syrahgrenacherosé
#rewildingtheplanet

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