Wing Winery completed its first crush today. Special thanks to the Deshazer Family for helping harvest, crush and press…
Category: wine
A seemingly small and insignificant investment…
Yet this is the first of many.
A yet-to-be-named winery whose first vintage will be available to a select few sometime early next year. Grapes are hopefully coming in next Saturday. We’ll keep you posted.
A true Sonoma County classic wine pairing
2011 Sonoma-Cutrer Les Pierres Chardonnay, Gravenstein Apple Pie ala mode with Clover Stornetta Vanilla Bean ice cream.
The very best of Sonoma County!
Pink wine. Time to man up!
A Syrah and Grenache blend that will satisfy a warm summer night’s needs.
Longoria 2013 Santa Barbara County “Pink Wine”
Superb Syrah from Sonoma
Supple, silky, smooth three great attributes any beauty should have!
Little Vineyards, 2011 Sonoma Valley Syrah
To boldly go where no wino has gone before…
Earthy notes of dilithium. Mild mid-palate tannins are not overbearing like Klingon blood wine. Ruby red in the glass, not unlike the hydrogen collectors on the Enterprise’s nacelles.
Three Lab Cab
A doggone good spaghetti red!
Advanced wine pairing
I’ve heard BBQ and Pinot go together…
Screen Door Cellars – 2012 Pinot Noir
If you’re lucky enough to find it, this Russian River Valley pinot should please even the most discerning palate.
Leather, clove and vanilla accentuate the bright red berry fruit. A velvety mouth feel leaves you craving another sip.
As I understand it this wine is limited in production so you may have troubles Finding it. The winemaker Bobby Donnell is a Texas native and has hooked up his kin back home sip it may be tough to come by around here.
I know Bobby used to run a Texas style BBC, so it’s no surprise this wine pairs perfectly with the baby back ribs I did up tonight.
Darioush
A picture should be worth a thousand words…
Tonight I had visions of a great bottle of red wine with dinner, and it took (unfortunately) three bottles to reach that goal.
I picked up a couple of fantastic New York steaks at the market with some fresh green beans, I had the purple and red potatoes, with some fresh shallot at home already. I knew a great meat and potatoes dinner was in my future so diligently scoured the wine cellar for a worthy Cabernet to pair with my dinner.
First up: 2006 TR Pasalaqua Block 18 & 19 Cabernet Sauvignon, Dry Creek AVA, this beautiful wine we (the wife and I) found a few years back on a great wine tasting trip to Dry Creek, unfortunately this bottle (pictured in the way back) was corked, damn my eyes! I’ve been saving that bottle for some time!
Second: A gift from some friends, a Napa Valley Cab, 2007 Soquel, this and a bottle of nail polish remover would be likely misconstrued for each other…
And finally: And most importantly, refreshingly, an amazing recent production 2008 Darioush, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a big wine, definitely one of the Napa Cabs you read about in the rags, it’s big, bold, fruity and forward. It unabashedly pronounces itself to your palate and kicks your molars around. Huge mid-palate tannins assert control of your mouth and remind you of what a big bold Napa Cab is all about!
Anyhow, I seriously took pause at opening a 3rd bottle of wine tonight, but I’m very glad I made the final move that I did. This is a fantastic wine that can easily stand on its own, but has the stuff to pair up with a great steak, potatoes and green bean dinner.
That is all for now,
Wingman out.
By the by, I really tried hard to give the Soquel a chance, the aldehyde was potent and I thought the magical powers of the Soiree might be able to blow out the funk, but alas, it can only work so much magic. It’s done a fine job with the big Napa Cab though!
Norcal Wingman 