by Bob Holmes | Mar 11, 2023 | Wine Tastings
Thursday night the Baylen Street Bottle Shop continued their outside events with a pig roast and wine show featuring Jon Priest, winemaker and general manager at Etude. While best known for their ‘Grace Benoist Ranch’ Carneros Pinot Noir, we also enjoyed the Etude...
by Bob Holmes | Mar 8, 2023 | Wine Tastings
Last Monday Ian and the crew hosted a Pinot Noir extravaganza presenting a dozen Pinots, four from each region of Burgundy, California and Oregon. They were presented in four flights, each with a wine from each region. We were all asked to attempt to identify the...
by Bob Holmes | Mar 6, 2023 | Buying wine, Wine Tastings
To those who are not members of the local chapter of the American Wine Society, you may consider joining. The group meets monthly to explore various wines from around the world. The cost is minimal for these events, $20 a head, and extremely educational, especially...
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 | Dec 28, 2022 | Wine Dinner, Wine Tastings
I thawed some lamb chops late last week for a Christmas meal for Margie and I, but somehow they made it to December 27 uncooked. So last night I marinated the chops in a concoction of soy sauce, dried mustard and rosemary. (I forgot the minced garlic but it was not...
by Bob Holmes | Dec 26, 2022 | Wine Tastings
I am a bit tardy with this post but the holidays slow everything down! I caught the East Hill Bottle Shop tasting on December 14 and, as usual, they poured a nice selection, something for almost everyone. My best of show was the 2017 Scott Family Dijon Clone Pinot...
