by Bob Holmes | Dec 18, 2024 | Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
On the eve of a meaningful birthday, I invited three of my longtime friends over for dinner. I roasted a beef tenderloin and Chef Shannon Arant cooked mashed potatoes and green beans and onions as sides. While the meal was in process I opened a bottle of 2021 Kistler...
by Bob Holmes | Nov 19, 2024 | Choosing Wine, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
We had fifteen attendees for this event and we tasted five delicious Oregon Pinot Noirs! The more expensive of the two rated as the favorite and second favorite, respectively. I liked the least expensive of the two and will order a case of each. I liked the top two...
by Bob Holmes | Nov 10, 2024 | Choosing Wine, Wine and Food Pairings, Wine Dinner
Margie and I had Ed and Deb Drozdowski over for an impromptu dinner Saturday night and enjoyed some yummy lamb shanks! I’ve been sitting on a couple of magnums of 2017 Terlato and Chapoutier Aussie Shiraz for some time now and thought that would make a great...
by Bob Holmes | Oct 26, 2024 | Wine and Food Pairings
I put together a dish similar to beef stroganoff with some of the left over prime rib from the Aussie Shiraz wine dinner and some other leftovers in the fridge. Then went rummaging around in the wine cellar for something to go with it. I stumbled on 2018 Melipal...
by Bob Holmes | Oct 25, 2024 | Wine Tastings
We only had six sign up for this event, so it was relocated to our secondary location, our home! I thawed out a standing rib roast to roast and and was going to cut it up into bite size palette cleanser morsels. When we only had six expected, I threw in a couple of...
by Bob Holmes | Oct 4, 2024 | News, Wine Tastings
Sarah from Touton Selections poured from their portfolio six wines from France. See Tasting Card below. The whites were nice, as was the Beaujolais, but i found the Chateauneuf du Pape with a great nose and with less on the tongue, especially at that price point. I...
