CategoriesWine Tasting Notes
Xarel·lo and Shrimp on the BBQ
Aroma: smell of a garden, grass and herbs Color: medium gold Taste: white fruit, complex, even without being blended with another type of grape. 100% xarel-lo
CategoriesWine & Spirits Wine Tasting Notes
Tyrells –
Hunter Valley Semillon Aroma: Peach Color: Light gold color Taste: Peach, Chalk and Cantelope According to Tyrell’s website: Sourced from a small selection of some of our top Semillon vineyards around the Hunter Valley. Most of the vineyards are dry grown and have an average vine age of 40 years.
CategoriesTastings Wine Tasting Notes
Cap de Faugeres, Bordeaux
2014 Chateau Cap de Faugeres “La Mouleyre” Castillon 750ml (Bordeaux) From the Garagiste: Every once in a while, we find a wine that is so good and so low in $ (and also strangely overlooked), it makes no sense at all – that’s a wine that demands an offer to
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Lamb – local + French wine
Grilling Saucing Late Autumn, and the weather is summery. Barbecue a few lamb chops and set them in a sauce of fresh plums from the orchard, just over the wall. Bake scallop potatoes on the grill, and by the time this is done, the autumn sun is setting and it
CategoriesRoutines
Cleaning Green Chilis
Fred’s Socorro Green Chili from the Harbor Freight parking lot – open until sometime in the afternoon – roasted a sack of chilis from not-Hatch, and he swears they are meater and easier to peel than the Hatch variety. He plans to be in the parking lot roasting for 2
CategoriesRestaurant Remarks
Fiesta Oaxaca – what to order
June 23, 2024 This smallish restaurant, on Palace, just a block west of the fine art museum, is not usually crowded, reasonably price and has a cozy on-street terrace for outside dining. The restaurant feels dark, so outside is preferable. Oaxaca is home to mole sauce, and the classic is
CategoriesWine Tasting Notes
Natural Wine
Of course, this makes sense in our progress toward better food. Natural wine is as inevitable as getting back to real coffee — ground fresh sourced deep and bought fairly. But wine making takes longer. Today decades after the coffee houses of the 60s where Italian espresso machines came
CategoriesTastings Wine Tasting Notes
Wine 4 Eclipse Holiday
Wine Tasting with Family Embruix Priorat 2021 Producer: Vall Llach Grape: 27% Grenache, 21% Cariñena, 12% Syrah, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 28% Merlot. From: Priorat, Spain Smells: (aromas of raspberries and blackberries, with hints of licorice, graphite, spices and aromatic herbs on a dark mineral background) Tastes: dark fruit, spice
CategoriesWine Tasting Notes
Wine Notes:
Tronquoy-LaLande From Wine-Cellar: 2/18/2024 – GERBBB LIKES THIS WINE:92 Points This chateau seems to improve year by year. Typical medoc/ st. Estèphe, nose (dark fruit, lavender, tabaco, mint). Taste (nice balance and freshness, a bit high on alcohol, loads of red dark fruits, bit of herbs). Really good, especially for a 2017. Like
CategoriesRestaurant Remarks
Cowgirl – Music + BBQ
What the Cowgirls Do Right Today’s music was provided by Half Pint and the Growlers, who quietly played inside, while we enjoyed a snowy March Sunday, lunch. Nachos and margaritas are our favorite go-to menu items at the Cowgirl, when a quick snack is the goal. In general, Cowgirl does