While Rombauer is best known for their Chardonnay, over the last few years they have been refining their red wine program Fruit for the 2012 Rombauer Diamond Selection Cabernet Sauvignon was sourced from the Rombauer estate vineyards and top grower vineyards in Stags Leap, Calistoga, Atlas Peak, St. Helena and Howell Mountain AVAs. It is…
Tag: Wine and food pairing
Slow Cooker Enchilada Quinoa and Mencía #WinePW
This month’s Wine Pairing Weekend theme is all about trying a new wine in the New Year. I’m revisiting an old friend, Mencia to bring in the New Year, and pairing it with a delicious healthy slow cooker Enchilada Quinoa. My “history” with Mencia began, and effectively ended, a few years ago. I forget exactly…
Patrick Bottex “La Cueille” Bugey Cerdon Rosé #Winophiles
The December theme for the French Winophiles is “French Fizz”. Our group of writers and bloggers are exploring sparkling wine from all over France. When I saw the theme, I knew I wanted to try a new to me sparkling wine from France. But what to try? I’m a shameless Champagne whore. And I’ve had…
Wine of the Day; 2015 Peter Zemmer “Rollhütt” Pinot Noir
2015 Peter Zemmer “Rollhütt” Pinot Noir – If you’re looking for an Old World Pinot Noir for under $20 …look no further! This wine hails from the Suditrol sub-region of the Alto Adige DOC, which borders Austria and Switzerland in northern Italy. Grapes for this wine were sourced from vineyards in the immediate vicinity of…
A Captivating Cab Franc Paired with Sushi #WinePW
Wine Pairing Weekend is a group of bloggers who are passionate about the way good wine enhances a meal. On the second Saturday of each month we come together to blog about a chosen food and wine pairing theme. The theme this month is #CabFrancDay and pairing Cab Franc with food. In My Glass I was fortunate…
Wine of the Day: Bruno Paillard “Première Cuvée” Brut Champagne
Bruno Paillard “Première Cuvée” Brut Champagne – “refined, ebullient, and impeccably balanced…“ This wine is a multi-vintage blend of more than 30 crus, each vinified separately. It is composed of Pinot Noir (45%), Chardonnay (33%) and Pinot Meunier (22%); part of which (20%) was in barrel for the first fermentation. It includes between 20-50%…
Exploring Cru Beaujolais: A Great Everyday Red Wine #Winophiles
This month the French #Winophiles take a virtual trip to Beaujolais. Between Beaujolais Nouveau and Thanksgiving, Beaujolais seems to mostly be a seasonal wine. But it can be more than in a seasonal (holiday) wine. I explore its possibilities as an “everyday” red wine. My inspiration to explore Beaujolais as an everyday red wine came…
Poulsard Paired with a Filipino Menudo
I paired a new to me grape variety – Poulsard, from the Jura region of France, with a classic Filipino dish – Menudo About Jura I can honesty say that I’ve virtually visited every wine region in the world that has been on my vinous “bucket list”. One of, perhaps, a handful of exceptions was…
A Taste of Cinque Terre Food And Wine
My wife and I are vacationing in Italy for a few weeks! We’re taking the Rick Steves Best of Italy In 17 Days Tour and adding on a few more days in Rome and Positano. For the last couple of days we’ve been in Monterosso del Mare. Monterosso is the largest of the five towns that…
Livermore Valley’s Taste Our Terroir’s; Quest For Pairing Excellence
I attended the 2016 Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association; Taste Our Terroir – The Quest For Pairing Excellence back in July. I intended to blog about it before now. You see how that went. What is Taste Our Terroir? Taste Our Terroir is Livermore Valley’s preeminent food and wine festival. The affair, held each July, spans four…