Turley Wine Cellars www.turleywinecellars.com A few days before the Paso Garagiste Festival, we found ourselves in Napa. Possibly not the ideal place for this Zin and Rhone fan, especially with my usual focus on smaller artisan winemakers, but I was game to make the most of it. online pharmacy azithromycin no prescription pharmacy So, where…
How do you pair food – like the recipe below made with dark beer – with wine? That’s our topic today dear wine friends. What I learned from DiMaggio Washington, my Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) instructor, was that you can pair foods with either like-tasting drinks, or opposing ones. The food will change…
12 Restaurants, 12 Wineries, 1 Winner! Join us for a culinary competition spectacular that will determine the BEST Food & Wine Pairing in Ventura County! This January, the Ventura County Wine Trail is putting a new spin on food and wine shows by introducing the Local Food & Wine Challenge. Twelve teams of local wineries…
The recipes I’ve made up, and the ones provided by Elixir G, and I still have a lot of ginger mix left as it doesn’t take much of this concentrate to flavor a drink! I may try so recipes with other spirits, or even with food recipes. If you have any ideas, shoot me a…
At first sight my biggest dilemma to contend with in our new neighborhood is what artifacts I should adorn my front porch with. Will it be like what my neighbor’s chose? It doesn’t help narrow down the possibilities. You see between Bobbi’s antique wooden wheelbarrow filled with poinsettias and Ann’s welcoming green lawn chairs there’s…
23rd Annual Passport to Dry Creek Valley – A Modern Tradition with Century-Old Roots Saturday & Sunday, April 28-29 from 11am – 4:30pm 50 participating wineries throughout Dry Creek Valley Festivities include: exquisite wine tasting, gourmet food, themed décor, and live music Fly Alaska Airlines into Santa Rosa & fly a case of wine home…
And the last, so far from http://www.pasorobleswinerieseast.com : ½ Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Cup Onion ¼ Cup Garlic ¼ Cup Chili Peppers, Chopped (choose by your choice of heat—we used Anaheims) ¼ Cup Celery, Diced ¼ Cup Carrots, Diced 1 Can Diced Tomatoes 1 Can Sweet Corn (or 1 corn on the cob,…
Staying in Paso Robles Paso Robles has a wealth of accommodations for the traveler, from budget hotels to winery-owned Bed-and-Breakfasts, and everything in between. This article is about two of my favorite places to stay in Paso – La Bellasera and Hotel Cheval. La Bellasera (www.labellasera.com) refers to itself as “Luxury By The Vine: A…
Last Thursday I was treated to a self-pour format tasting (Yes, professionals only!) of Rosé Champagnes and sparkling wines at Waterloo and City courtesy of The Tasting Panel magazine. My Facebook status pretty much described my “celebratory” mood and got many comments: “If you just saw a crazy blond seat-dancing in her car on the…
Throughout Sonoma County’s 14 appellations, region by region, variety by variety, and vineyard by vineyard, reports indicate that there was much variation experienced in terms of yield and timing of harvest, but the general consensus indicates that overall yield was down by an estimated 20% from the average. Nevertheless quality of the fruit that was…