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Norcal Wingman on May 13th, 2012

Hanging out at wineries and barbecuing!   BBQ at Sonoma-Cutrer

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Norcal Wingman on February 29th, 2012

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Norcal Wingman on December 23rd, 2011

NorcalWingman has a revelation on how to season a Christmas Prime Rib. Some tips and anecdotes on holiday cooking and how to deal with extended family.

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Norcal Wingman on December 20th, 2011

It’s a nice chilly evening up at the condo we are lucky enough to have access to through “the wife’s” family and we’ve just finished off a great bottle of Michel-Schlumberger “Coteaux Sauvages” and we still need more vino… So it is on to the Seven non-vintage Red wine of Spain. This box of wine [...]

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Norcal Wingman on December 16th, 2011

A nice little Napa Valley Chard.  Easy on the oak, nice and spicy.  Kinda reminds me of a baked apple, not sweet or cloying but great fruit and nutmeg spice.   Check it out

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Norcal Wingman on February 20th, 2011

Two and a half years ago I made my first batch, it was worth a third place.  Although the results were clearly rigged (I have no real proof, but have a hunch) I probably had the best standard chili.  The second place chili was more of a spicy seafood chowder and the first place chili [...]

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Norcal Wingman on February 14th, 2011

Obviously the big V-Day is a very important day in the annual cycle of days, and is especially crucial to maintaining happiness around the home.  All this aside, it’s another good day and excuse to open a really good bottle of wine and cook some decent grub to boot! Now I know that it may [...]

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Norcal Wingman on February 3rd, 2011

First off, an apology for not being here with you these last few months, however, every now and then a hiatus it in order.  Regardless of the reasons I’m here now with a new sample provided to me by the Austrian wine contingent.  A new wine for me to be sure, but not a new [...]

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Norcal Wingman on January 12th, 2011

When I started my wine blogging adventure I put this post together for Jon Troutman over at http://corkd.com and was very exited to have my work shared with a much wider audience than my wife and a few friends that actually read my blog posts at http://norcalwingman.com.  I heard the news today that Cork’d is [...]

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Norcal Wingman on November 4th, 2010

Yes it’s Thursday, and in all rights I should be typing up a sweet recipe for you to enjoy on another “Not Bad for a Thursday Night Dinner!”  Well, perhaps I’ll add a cooking tip at the bottom of this post…  Anyhow, Tonight we had some super delish, filet mignon steaks, so I wanted to [...]

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