wine wednesday: chappellet
{2006 napa valley petite sirah} “bold, ripe, rich and fleshy. seductive in its own way, showing tiers of wild berry and blackberry, with hints of vanilla and baking spice. packs in a wallop of fruit, yet it’s remarkably elegant and polished.” -chappellet tasting notes basically it’s a fabulous wine, as is anything made by phillip [...]
when foodies honeymoon: day three, part two
so after our fabulous lunch at bottega, it was off for a marathon of afternoon tastings. life is hard. first up: plumpjack.{plumpjack, plumpjack 2007 reserve chardonnay} lovely wines from both plumpjack and cade wineries. & apparently an influx of nc people had come through their doors on that very same day. hmm. we picked up [...]
wine wednesday: drinking like kings
….errrr the kings. & ironically enough they have a collection fit for a king. & they invite us over for parties. & we never turn them down. here’s just a taste of what we tasted the other day: i die. I. DIE. oh & this one? it’s brown. ONLY BECAUSE IT’S 81 YEARS OLD. EIGHTY. [...]
when foodies honeymoon: day two
our second morning in santa rosa we still got up fairly early, probably all thanks to the time change & no thanks to our accidental bender the night before. it was time to pack up & say goodbye to santa rosa. kinda sad, we really liked it there. the next leg of our trip had [...]
wine wednesday: emigre
here’s a good one, if you’re feeling luxurious. which we apparently were on the tuesday we opened it. 30% shiraz, 30% grenache, 20 % cabernet sauvignon, 15% mourvedre. all fabulous. rich & intense (and guaranteed to give you stunning red wine teeth) this dark purple aussie lovely, will set you back about $50 retail, [...]
when foodies honeymoon: traveling & the first night
i can’t believe it’s been a month since we first kicked off this series. what can i say? time sometimes gets away from me. so. if you need a refresher go here. so yes, a week after our wedding, we packed our bags & headed to northern california. BUT we had a cross country plane [...]
thirsty thursday: mauritson wine
a few thursdays ago, i got a phone call from the husband. “i stopped to get gas & happened to drive to barley & vine. they’ve got a tasting with a winemaker going on at 6. be ready when i get home.” this happens pretty often, since the gas station is located way, way too [...]
