Wine
This past Friday I was attending a little post-harvest celebration with “the wife” where I had the opportunity to meet the guy who does grape sourcing for her company, I’m assuming for many of the brands. Anyhow, he was chatting with the general manager and winemaker from “the wife’s” winery and was telling us about [...]
Up until this evening I had always wondered why grapefruit were called “Grape” fruit. It never really made sense, but clearly the folks down in New Zealand, responsible for the creation of this 2009 Silver Birch, Sauvignon Blanc felt the need to express themselves with grapefruit. 2009, Silver Birch, Sauvignon Blanc — Octavin Home Bar [...]
Well, regardless of what night it is, it has been way too long since I did a dinner post. I’ve been very exited to get back to doing some dinner posts with recipes. My work has brought in a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm who provides us with fresh fruit and veggies every week [...]
Continue reading about Not Bad for a … Wait what night is it?
Summer has pretty much passed us by without providing us the much needed heat that would be preferred to ferment those little grapes of the vitus vinifera that we love so much. But here in Sonoma County we have this little thing we call “Indian Summer,” I’m sure this is similar to the “Indian Summers” [...]
Continue reading about 2007 Peterson, Il Granaio, Sangiovese, Dry Creek Valley
I have a little history with this wine. The first time I had the pleasure of drinking this wine was at a great Italian restaurant in historic “Railroad Square” in downtown Santa Rosa, CA, named Portofino’s. Unfortunately, Portofino’s is no more, however, I was pleasantly surprised to find some of this wine left over at [...]
Continue reading about 2002 Deerfield Ranch Winery, Super T Rex – plus Soiree
Dateline: Nanjing, China In a “5 Star” Hotel, in the capital city of Jiangsu Province, the Sheraton Nanjing Kingsley Hotel & Towers, one might expect to be able to find a drinkable wine, however, you would be mistaken. I had the fortune of having my first visit to the country of China a few weeks [...]
After my terrible September 2nd experience in China, my hopeless and fruitless search for a #Cabernet worth drinking, I was exceptionally exited to be home, knowing that I had many options for good red wine drinking. I recently received a sample set from a winery in St. Helena including a Cabernet Sauvignon and a Chardonnay. [...]
Why indeed! My personal journey with wine began with this king of wine grape varietals. I was seduced by its sultry and supple twisting of my taste buds. I was introduced to really good wine early on as a waiter at a semi-fancy steakhouse back in 1994. I became acquainted with a little cab from [...]
I had my first boxed wine worth drinking ever this last May, which was a great showing by a funky little wine company named Big House Wine Co. based in Ripon, CA. Now for those of you unfamiliar with the greater San Francisco Bay Area, of which Ripon is barely a member. It’s a small [...]
Continue reading about 2009 Big House White – Boxed wine, out on Good Behavior!
Oh man, I have been slacking like a pot-smoking sophomore High School kid. I have been out of motivation like my Energizer Bunny up and died. Anyhow, I just need to get back at this badness in a mean way! So I grilled up a marinated pork loin on the Weber tonight and we all [...]
Continue reading about 2006 Felta Creek Syrah, De La Montanya Vineyards, Dry Creek Valley
