Continuing with the travel plans for our upcoming trip, here’s the plan for day 2! After arriving the night before in Paso Robles and doing tastings at Cass Winery & Wild Horse, soaking in a hot spring spa at River Oaks...
I’m a planner. No really! Michael and I are planning a trip on the Pacific Coast Highway and of course I am finding as much wine country as possible to cover on the trip. I started with my typical excel...
When Michael and I were in Sonoma last December, we stopped by Hartford Family Wineries and had a great conversation with one of the guys in the tasting room. After chatting with him for a while we realized that a...
This was the weekend to update our cellar data. It’s not that the wine cellar is large, it’s just a bookcase and not completely full, but we don’t update the data on it often enough. We use Vinocella http://www.vinocella.net/....
I am a self proclaimed “wine geek”. I’m still early on my learning curve and I have a need to document as I learn. So I have investigated wine applications for wine storage and for tasting notes. After looking around...
When you think of wine country often it is a French or Tuscan image that comes to mind. Preston of Dry Creek takes you back to simple Americana. It’s located in Dry Creek at the far north end of the...
Michael and I have been to Temecula several times. Always on my list were some downtown tasting rooms, but somehow, as with all our wine country trips, we don’t make it. We get wrapped up in the vineyards and never...
I have a new favorite summer salad. Michael came across this recipe online from Food Network(Giada De Laurentiis Recipe) and we made a few adjustments for what we had handy. We had picked up a small watermelon at the farmers...
Since I have come to enjoy Riesling so much, I decided to do a little research on it. Riesling is considered by many wine experts to be one of the most noble and unique white grapes in the world. Great...
A wine that tastes strange or off may be perfectly fine. Soapy residue inside the glass react with the wine making it smell stinky or taste odd. Soapy film can make Champagne fizzle and go flat. The best way to...
I try to keep up on my wine blogs and a while ago Terroist http://blog.terroirist.com/ posted a link to http://winereviewonline.com/Blake_Gray.cfm a W. Blake Gray article on Matthew Rorick. I am infatuated with him and his philosophy and style of wine...
We were visiting Temecula a while ago and were heading to Robert Renzoni vineyards. As we drove by the winery next door, we noticed a Grape Line Tours bus. I groaned inside. It would be filled with a bunch of...
Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
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