by Bob Holmes | Jun 11, 2023 | General, Recipes, Wine Dinner
A couple of days ago I smoked a couple of pork tenderloins on the Komodo Joe jr. For sure, I over-hickory-chipped the fire. First time I have smoked a pork tenderloin. Some meats take seasoning/smoke quicker than others and now I understand that pork tenderloin sucks...
by Bob Holmes | Jun 6, 2023 | General, Wine Dinner
Last month, Margie and I took off by car on an eight day road trip of Florida. First stop was St. Augustine and we had dinners there with friends, one night at Alta Marea, the second night at Collage, both in the downtown area. Both were excellent and the wines lists...
by Bob Holmes | Feb 15, 2023 | General, Wine Dinner
Margie prefers to celebrate Valentine’s Day on any day BUT the 14th! So we made reservations on Monday the 13th for First Dibs at Iron. We arrived about 4:45 to ensure our orders were in by 5:15. The first course was Frenched flat chicken wings and they were...
by Bob Holmes | Feb 11, 2023 | Buying wine, General
Last time Margie and I were in New Orleans we visited, as at any opportunity, Martin’s Wine Cellar. My search was for some high end CA Chardonnays. While there I was turned on to a Dove and Stone Chalk Hill Sonoma County red blend, 66% Petite Verdot and 34% Merlot....
by Bob Holmes | Apr 10, 2022 | General
While on my quest to clean up my over the hill whites, I found a 2014 Agnitio Durrell Vineyard Chardonnay. Now I know little about Agnitio, but Steve Kistler used to source fruit for his best chars back in the day from both Durrell and Dutton Vineyards. So when I...
