We don’t just sample wine at Rosenblum Cellars. Sometimes, other beverages are in order. Most often, that is a bottle or two of bubbly after work, but last Thursday evening became margarita madness. It started out with a Grand Marnier taste test. Now, you might be asking why I’m even writing about this on a […]
Saturday at work I had to call BK for an emergency bubbly run. It’s a necessity that we have a bottle of sparkling at the end of the busiest day of the week. Even though this particular Saturday was fairly slow, I couldn’t leave our glasses empty. So I told BK to bring the bottle […]
As if I didn’t have too many tasting groups to worry about already, I just joined another. This one involves folks from several East Bay wineries, including Lost Canyon, JC Cellars, and Prospect 772. The first meeting I went to was on Thursday, focused on Cab/Syrah blends that Roger Rosenblum had brought: four from Australia, […]
When I worked at Rosenblum’s Healdsburg location a couple of weeks ago, I went to The Bottle Barn annex store ( a much smaller version of the one in Santa Rosa I still want to visit) and stumbled upon a bottle I had to have: Duval Leroy Champagne Rose de Saignée. The first (and only) […]
One night earlier this week, I prepared one of my best meals in a while. Maybe it was the beer-battered catfish or the grapefruit, avocado, and goat cheese salad. Or even a really yummy preparation of brussel sprouts (sauteed shallots, leaves, pistachios, and lemon juice). All tied together with a bottle of Cremant de Limoux J. […]
First, I would like to commend Tim from Winecast for his superb choice in material for the second Wine Book Club, created by Dr. Debs. From the first sitting with Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution by William Echikson, I knew it was going to be a good read. An engaging writing style pulled me in […]
The other day I watched the Barefoot Contessa make a tuna salad with avocado and spicy lime dressing that looked divine. So after BK and I spent the afternoon at a local farmer’s market and The Wine Mine, we stopped at Whole Paycheck for a few things, including a thick steak of ahi tuna. With […]
This month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday finds our host as the slightly well-known Gary Vaynerchuk. You know, that guy who chews his wine, along with his dirt. He picked a fairly narrow focus this time: it had to be French and it had to be Cabernet Franc.
Well, the Loire Valley immediately jumped out, and within the Loire, the […]
I didn’t realize what a picky eater I was growing up until I started adding up all the things that I now eat. Mushrooms, squash, bell peppers, just to start. Another thing I wouldn’t eat was ricotta cheese, which is a damn shame because my little Italian grandmother used to make her own to put into lasagna. […]
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