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Cooked in Wine (and sometimes Beer): Don't abandon hope!

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Cooked in Wine (and sometimes Beer). Random thoughts on what I'm cooking, eating, and drinking, not necessarily in that order. Tuesday, April 26, 2011. In the meantime, if anyone got lucky with some of the deals on the WTSO. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Food and Beverage Search. Great dinner at brook*vin last night. The braised, roasted octopus salad is probably the finest preparation of it Ive ever eaten- crun. More fish, actually cooked in wine. Ive run dry the last two weeks or so, and sadly it...

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Wine Buying Guide: Arrowood Vineyards and Winery

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Welcome to the Wine Buying Guide. Monday, January 9, 2012. Arrowood Vineyards and Winery. The Arrowood Winery tasting room is located at 14347 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen (see map link below), elevated a little above the valley floor. The building has a long veranda overlooking Glen Ellen and the valley. The tasting room itself has large windows with the same spectacular view. From there we went on the the 2007 Sonoma County Merlot ($42). The website says of the Merlot, ". It was a dark, rich red. This ...

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Wine Buying Guide: February 2012

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Welcome to the Wine Buying Guide. Monday, February 20, 2012. J Vineyards and Winery. Spending last Saturday afternoon in Sonoma County, I made a wrong turn when looking for another winery and stumbled upon J Vineyards and Winery. I've been to J before and had thought about visiting that afternoon, but put it off to another time. I guess fate forced the issue by leading me there anyway. So since we were already there. The 2009 J Vineyards “Barrel 16”. And of the Robert Thomas Vineyard it says, ". Passalac...

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Wine Buying Guide: Kokomo Winery

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Welcome to the Wine Buying Guide. Saturday, January 21, 2012. 8221; The lack of pretension, though, leaves lots of room for some surprising wines. Next up was the 2009 Gopher Hill Block Pinot Noir from Peters Vineyard ($42, 200 cases). This wine received a 91 from Wine Review. Winemaker Notes call this wine, “Floral and Delicate, showing the feminine side of the varietal, this wine shows beautiful rose petals with a red apple-skin character.”. If you are visiting Healdsburg, this tasting room is worth a ...

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Wine Buying Guide: Passalacqua Winery

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Welcome to the Wine Buying Guide. Sunday, February 12, 2012. Passalacqua has a lovely tasting room just off of Dry Creek Road at 3805 Lambert Bridge Road. They are situated in the middle of a mass of vineyards, from which they produce some wonderful Zinfandels and Cabs, along with other fine wines. We started our tasting with a nice barrel-fermented 2008 Dry Creek Valley Chardonnay ($30, 225 cases produced). It was on the lighter side of creamy/buttery, with nice fruit and a long finish. Finally, we tast...

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Wine Buying Guide: December 2011

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Welcome to the Wine Buying Guide. Saturday, December 31, 2011. We opened the Cab last night, a 2009 Bellicitti Vineyards ($39.95), grown close to the winery in Saratoga, this wine is described on the website as, " A raft of tobacco and leather, with dried red fruit aromas, a hint of black licorice, and a subtle edge of clove and nutmeg. The website is http:/ www.picchetti.com/. The location is lovely and the wines are worth the visit. Tuesday, December 27, 2011. On a trip through the Anderson Valley abou...

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Wine Buying Guide: January 2012

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Welcome to the Wine Buying Guide. Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Across the parking lot from Kokomo, at 4791 Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg, is the Papapietro Perry Winery tasting room. Aside from being a fun name to pronounce .Papapietro Perry. the winery makes some wonderful wines. Pinot Noirs mostly, though they do have a tasty Zin on their list and a Chardonnay they typically sell out. And it is.really tasty, that is. If you are a Pinot fan, this is a winery you should know about. Next up was the 2009 Go...

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Wine Buying Guide: B.R. Cohn Winery and Olive Oil Company

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Welcome to the Wine Buying Guide. Monday, January 9, 2012. BR Cohn Winery and Olive Oil Company. Our tasting started with the 2010 Robledo Vineyard Carneros Chardonnay ($35, 400 cases produced). It met my sweetie's preference for creamy/buttery, with a long pleasant finish. Their website says, ". Following the Chard, we tasted the 2009 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir ($40, 1,300 cases produced). This wine received a gold medal at the 2011 California State Fair. Their website says, ". From there we tasted...