Happy Summer Solstice!
And what wine should you toast the longest day of the year with?
LAMBRUSCO! Continue reading
Category Archives: adventures in wine
French #Winophiles Journey to Burgundy Part 2
This should be where I wax poetic about the delights of this wine from Burgundy in a post titled “Bourgogne with Beef Bourguignon from an Instant Pot” for this month’s French Winophiles excursion into Burgundy Part 2 with LM Archer following last month’s amazing trip where we paired this Chablis with seafood and beurre blanc sauce:
For Grads, Dad: Clubs, Tools, Books!
Still looking for Dad or Grad gifts? If so, consider:
- a wine club membership either far away or close by
- a bottle of wine from that winery or region, for example a bottle (or pair!) of Pinot Noir from The Ojai Vineyard
- a wine opener like this one from Avina
- a book to read while drinking wine like Vertical
- a breath analyzer to make sure that it is safe to drink and drive
On Grill: Salmon, Squash, Stone Fruit; In Glass: Square Peg Pinot Noir for #WinePW
Grilled veggies, grilled stone fruit smoked trout salad, grilled Copper River Salmon paired with Square Peg Pinot Noir
I don’t know about you but there’s something on our grill almost every night– and something in a glass to go with it!
A toast to Rose Day with Cote Mas Brut!
Tomorrow is the second Saturday of June — which means it is Rose Day! Cheers!
Join us on June 10 in celebrating this festive, pretty in pink wine! Go sweet like my grandma or dry like the traditional style from Provence France or explore the world of Rose and its many variances in style, sweetness, color, technique of production, and grape!
This month on #WineStudio, we are once again going pink! On Tuesdays from 6-7pm PST, we are tasting wines from four different regions starting with France, traveling to Spain on June 13, then two sites in California: Mendocino and Napa.
6 June – We were joined on twitter by fourth-generation vine grower and first generation vigneron Jean-Claude Mas who says “Languedoc is a destination for fine rosé, thanks to the wide variety of soils and ideal varietals.” We tasted Coté Mas Rosé Aurore 2016 Sud de France $11 and Arrogant Frog Rosé 2016 Languedoc $10 (and compared them to two wines from Lodi) plus
Côté Mas Crémant de Limoux Rosé Brut NV St. Hilaire Languedoc $16 which is a great wine to toast Rose Day with!
Rose Wine from Lodi and France: Pair With Grilled Tuna, Fruit for Taco Tues
Taco Tuesday! Rose Day! Judgment of Lodi! #WineStudio!
What do these have in common?
- Rose Day is the second Saturday of June; in 2017, that is Sat. June 10.
- Last weekend I was on a press trip to Lodi CA where I bought a case of wine, including four bottles of ROSE!
- Lodi Wine Commission recently did a blind tasting that compared Lodi wines with those from other parts of the world to see how they measured up; read Nancy Brazil’s report on it here.
- We bought a whole tuna in May so that we could make tuna tacos for Taco Tuesday to pair with rose.
- #WineStudio this month features rose, and on June 6, we had three samples from Paul Mas.
- #WinePW has a grillables theme that got us going on the grill.
- The blind tasting we did of five rose wines from around the world was FUN!
So for this month’s Taco Tuesday post, we celebrated rose day early with a comparison of two rose wines from France with two rose wines from Lodi a las the Judgement of Paris aka the Judgement of Lodi and paired them with grilled ahi tuna with grilled fruit. Read on for the results!
yes that’s a tuna taco
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June Wine/Brew/Music Festivals to check out in Ojai, LA, Santa Barbara
The next three weekends in June each have a fun wine festival in Southern California that YOU should attend!
First up, on Sunday June 11 from 11:30 (for VIPs) to 4pm is OJAI’s Wine Festival presented by Rotary Club of Ojai-West now in its 31st year! This is Sue’s absolutely most FAVORITE WINE FESTIVAL; Continue reading
