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The SONOMA Cookie

The SONOMA Cookie

Megan Gonzalez:  "Some new wine-pairable items on the menu at The Poached Pair today!!" The above message appeared on my Eve's Wine 101 group wall

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Rusty Sly: The GOTN Finds of 2011

What a night at Valencia Wine Company for our January 2012 Grape of the Night.  One of the largest showings that we have had in a while.  Included i

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Rusty Sly: 2012 Pinot Days

Rusty Sly: 2012 Pinot Days

What a spectacular event.  This is the second time that I have attended Pinot Days and I am still finding old and new wineries producing fantastic Pi

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Rusty Sly: Grape of the Night Discovers Malbec (The next meeting is tonight!)

Rusty Sly: Grape of the Night Discovers Malbec (The next meeting is tonight!)

Monday, December 05, 2011,  die hard GOTN members put on their winter clothing and went to Valencia Wine Company to taste and learn about the various

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Chef Lance Cowart: Creme Brulee French Toast

Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 tbsps light corn syrup 6 slices French, crusts removed 5 eggs 1 1/2 cups half and half (I

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Rusty Sly: Grape of the Night Meritage/Claret

For this Grape of the Night gathering the selected varietal was Meritage or Claret.  Since we sampled French Bordeaux wines at our October GOTN, I th

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Rusty Sly: The Power of Wine

Rusty Sly: The Power of Wine

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Rusty Sly: Wine Aroma vs. Wine Bouquet

I have been reading a book by Emile Peynaud called "The Taste of Wine".  This book is educational in the science and practice of wine tasting, detail

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Rusty Sly: Grape of the Night Does Roussanne Wines

Rusty Sly: Grape of the Night Does Roussanne Wines

As usual, we had a great turnout for our GOTN, to my surprise as we did our first white wine grape.  I was very excited to see that there was a lot o

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Rusty Sky: Hendricks Gin

Rusty Sky: Hendricks Gin

Christmas 2009, Eve came over to my house to exchange Christmas gifts.  I had mentioned a drink that I love known as the James Bond Martini which

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