Loveblock Sauvignon Blanc: this is what I want all of my NZ Sauv Blancs to be like! Fresh and crisp but also sumptuous. The warm roasted olives in harrissa spices were a REVELATION and paired beautifully as did the hamachi crudo.
What better wine to toast International Women’s Day than with wine by a pioneer in the New Zealand wine industry Erica Crawford? That is, Erica Crawford, partner of Kim Crawford, and that would be Kim Crawford, the third largest and possibly the most recognizable Sauvignon Blanc brand from New Zealand?
none other than NZ wine pioneer Erica Crawford: in the yellow glasses
Last month, Que Syrah Sue and I had lunch at Wolf on Melrose with Erica Crawford.
panelle by candlelight — and flashlight!–with wine from Sicily
What do you do when the power goes out in the midst of preparations for a dinner featuring wine and recipes from Sicily?
You stay calm and carry on of course!
Which is what we did –with no regrets except that I don’t recommend trying to shuck oysters in the dark. (No, I am not going to show you the jab wound I got!)
Tomorrow, Que Syrah Sue and I are driving up the coast to Santa Barbara’s world famous Bacara Resort for two days of pinot pleasure at World Of Pinot Noir (WOPN) 2017 where we’ll be attending Grand Tasting events on Friday and Saturday March 3 and 4 from 3-6:30pm with 100 or so wineries attending each day to total 200 different wineries!
Square Peg’s dry farmed Pinot Noir 2/28/17 photo by Jo Diaz
Among those wineries at the Grand Tasting on Friday that I am excited to try is Square Peg. Today I received samples of their 2014 Block 1 (190 cases) and Block 9 (170 cases) and it was all we could do to NOT to open them immediately and compare! Thanks to an introduction by Jo Diaz, we’re set to talk with Brad Alper who is dry farming his Pinot Noir in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley.
WOPN brings Pinot Noir producers from the most exceptional and unique regions in the world together with Pinot Noir enthusiasts for a weekend of celebration and education on the shores of California’s spectacular Central Coast.
wine predator.............. gwendolyn alley 