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Wines

Wine Country Capers – Kunde Estates, Kenwood

October 20, 2007

Kunde Estate

Day One, Winery #7: It was getting a bit late in the day by the time we made it to Kunde Estate Winery. (We found out that Kunde rhymes with Sunday. Who knew?) The grounds of this winery are very picturesque (which explains why there were so many pictures that I took there). I am [...]

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Wine Country Capers – Kenwood Winery, Kenwood

October 19, 2007

Kenwood

Day One, Winery #5: By the time we hit Kenwood, our main focus was on lunch, not wine. We called ahead to find out if they had food that could be purchased at the winery, and we were told that they had some sausage and crackers. This worked for us, and so we left Ravenswood [...]

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Wine Country Capers – Ravenswood Winery, Sonoma

October 17, 2007

Ravenswood

Day One, Winery #4: You might be able to guess from the above images snagged off of the Ravenswood website that this is absolutely our type of wine. We drink Ravenswood often. They sell a terrific Zin for around $10 a bottle, and it is a staple in our cellar. We’ve also enjoyed their Merlot, [...]

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Wine Country Capers – Sebastiani Vineyard and Winery, Sonoma

October 16, 2007

Sebastiani

Day One, Winery #3: Sebastiani is one of those solid, standby wine producers which we turn to often when in a pinch. We honed in on their limited production, Reserve wines. Solid and dependable, we will be more willing to order these wines in restaurants more often when seeking out a wine to go with our [...]

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Wine Country Capers – Cline Cellars Tasting Room, Sonoma

October 15, 2007

Cline Cellars Tasting Room

Day One, Winery #2: I’ll preface this by saying that we love Cline Cellars wines. Reasonably priced, you can find many of them anywhere. We are particularly fond of the deep, rich “Ancient Vine” varieties we’ve found locally – we’ve found the Zinfandel, Carignane and Mourvedre Ancient Vines here at our local liquor store for [...]

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Wine Country Capers – Matanzas Creek Winery, Santa Rosa

October 14, 2007

Matanzas Creek

Day One, Winery #1: Matanzas Creek winery has traditionally produced one of our favorite Merlots. We were pretty excited to find out that this winery was very near our hotel, and so we planned on making this the first stop of our winery tour, on the very first day. We were so eager, in fact, that we [...]

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Wine Country Capers – List of Wineries

October 6, 2007

Grapes at Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyard

It had been a few years since our last trip to Northern California, and there were a few wineries that we were determined to visit. We found that we were able to visit a few more than we had planned on, actually. There will be more detail to come about each of these wineries, but, [...]

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Wine Country Capers

September 30, 2007

Wine!

We’re headed to wine country next week! On Tuesday we’ll hop a jet (First Class – thank you Northwest Frequent Flier points!) and fly to the left coast. San Francisco, to be exact! Well, that’s where we land, but we will spend very little time there. We hop into our rented convertible and head up [...]

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WBW #11: Get Off! (dry)

July 6, 2005

Hey, it’s Wine Blogging Wednesday #11: Get Off! (dry), as hosted by Basic Juice. The theme for event number eleven perplexed us a bit. “Off-dry”, we learned, meant not dry, yet not sweet. Oh, sure, I know that there are people out there that drink wines that fit the description, but, well, we typically don’t. [...]

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WBW #8 – Vini Siciliani Rossi

April 13, 2005

I almost did it again. I almost missed Wine Blogging Wednesday. This seems to have become a habit. Here’s the story this time… I worked late. Halfway home I called the neighborhood pizza place and ordered a pizza to pick up as I passed by. I stopped in. It was packed with locals who had [...]

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John Cleese’s Wine for the Confused

October 17, 2004

I am a huge John Cleese fan. There is nothing funnier than my Fawlty Towers DVD, unless of course you consider my “Clockwise” DVD as well. Then it’s pretty much a toss up. I also love wine. So imagine how intrigued I am at the thought of both John Cleese and wine combining for the [...]

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WBW #2: Spanish Reds

October 6, 2004

There I was this morning, perusing my list of Food Blogger links, when I merrily clicked my way over to Lenndevours. To my horror, what should I see there? His entry for the latest Wine Blogging Wednesday: WBW#2 – Spanish Reds, hosted by Vinography! I gasped in dismay! What? I missed WBW? This was unacceptable. [...]

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Wine Blogging Wednesday – Spanish Reds

September 9, 2004

The latest Wine Blogging Wednesday will be taking place on October 6th! Version 2: Spanish Reds. This event will be hosted by, very appropriately, Vinography. The last Wine Blogging Wednesday, hosted by Lenndevours, was a lot of fun. You don’t need to be an wine expert or a wine snob to participate, and, as is [...]

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World Wide Wine Blogging Wednesday:

September 1, 2004

It’s World Wide Wine Blogging Wednesday, as envisioned by Lenn, from Lenndeavors! The theme for the inaugural event: New World (non-US) Merlot for under 15USD. When Lenn first suggested this event, I was on board immediately. We indulge in wine with every evening meal, and so we have made a fine art of finding wines [...]

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Simple Sunday Dinner

August 8, 2004

Sometimes a nice, simple roasted chicken is just what is called for. It was kind of a lazy day today. The weather called for thunderstorms which, as is par for the course, did not appear. So the menu was chicken with a head of garlic cloves tucked here and there, carrots, and smashed red potatoes. [...]

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