(Not my idea of a blog post title…blame Double R for this one.) After being off my blog, books, WINE BARS, food, WINE, church, friends, parties, SCOTCH, work, exercise, marital duties (well there was that one nap) MARTINIS and food for at least a week due to H1N1 I now have to contemplate: What will…
For the seventh straight year Valencia Wine Company has opened its doors to the after world allowing goblins, ghouls and witches to come together for a Halloween Bash. And yes it was a graveyard smash. We had Sookie and Bill from True Blood, the Village People, gladiators and damsels, doctors, nurses, hippies, counts and countesses,…
Hey Folks – It’s another chance for a Fraschilla Family OTBN dinner. One of the few times my son in law was in town and not fighting fires we all had a chance to watch the Yanks and Angels go at it for Baseball’s ALC. Of course we were pulling for the Angels, but no…
SEAVEY BACKGROUND The most underrated great Cabernet produced in Napa Valley….with perhaps the best second label wine in Napa, the Caravina Cabernet…keep in mind I have Seaveys going back to 1990 in my cellar.”– Robert Parker, Wine Critic, The Wine Advocate, Dec 2008. 2007 Seavey Cabernet [RP: 95-99 Points]2005 Seavey Cabernet [RP: 95+]2003 Seavey Cabernet…
Tonight’s lecture in my “Cultural Appreciation of Wine” class, which is taught by Paul Wagner, at Napa Valley College is a little more technical and a little less cultural than normal. All about major developments in wine. I’m talking big developments. As in, not small. These are developments in winemaking that fundamentally changed the quality…
These are responses to last Thursday’s blog post SCV Wine Magazine Letter that came back to me via Facebook this week. Both from the other end of the wine tasting bar at wineries: Ginger G: Have working in a winery and now owning a wine touring company…they must charge for the overhead…not everyone buys the…
Susie Clark thought you would be interested in this link to “Butternut Squash Risotto” on the Food Network Web site: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/butternut-squash-risotto-recipe/index.html Comments from Susie Clark: Hi Eve, Made this last weekend with a Chardonnay. Was delicious. Thought you might like too! Susie C Ingredients 1 butternut squash (2 pounds) 2 tablespoons olive oil Kosher salt…