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Behind the Vines

Archive for the ‘Syrah’ Category

November 16th, 2007

Stopping By Acorn Winery/Alegria Vineyards

When KB was here and we were planning our wine visits, BK suggested we go to Acorn Winery, one of his absolute favorites. Our planning was unfortunately less than optimal, so we didn’t realize visits were by appointment only until driving past. Luckily, our frantic (nearly begging) phone call got us in for tasting. […]

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November 5th, 2007

Swirling and Sipping at Siduri

Another segment of the series of tasting adventures from KB’s visit. This time? Siduri in Santa Rosa. We called ahead, as the winery is only open by appointment. Those who answered were very helpful in changing our time, since we arrived earlier than expected, and in giving directions when we got lost, which seems to […]

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October 4th, 2007

Ridge Syrah and a Meal that Hit the Spot

From so long ago, I can’t remember when…
After a long day week at work, it was nice to drive over to BK’s for a very nice meal that he made for us. When I got through the fog, he had an impressive spread ready of smoked sock-eye salmon, truffled goat cheese, an olive medley, currant […]

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September 26th, 2007

First Meal With Wine in the New Kitchen

The first actual meal in the new apartment was pizza delivery that I ordered for the moving gang (BTW, thanks, Tyler, Tony, Char, Lorraine, and BK!) However, the first meal I ‘cooked’ was not that much more special. I had some thawed tomato sauce– that I carted with me from the other freezer– which I […]

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September 8th, 2007

Cow Horns and Chamomile

Thanks to Fork & Bottle for hosting For Wine Blogging Wednesday #29.
Once the winemaker at Fogarty asked me to help him with a letter to his Martella club members, concerning his attraction to biodynamic wines and decision to make more of them. So I read Hugh Courtney’s 40+ page introduction to What Is Biodynamics?: A […]

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