After a delicious outdoor lunch at St. Supery Winery in Napa Valley on the third day of the Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) course, instructor Csilla Kato covered some other significant Old World winemaking regions, including Germany, Austria, Greece and her native country, Hungary. Of course, the class had the opportunity to taste some classic wines from all these
Continuing our quest to try some new restaurants this month, we had dinner at The Owl House, a tiny city restaurant which specializes in fresh, made-from-scratch food prepared with ingredients sourced from local providers whenever possible, including many vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. For starters, we had the potato and leek soup of the day
We had been drinking Weingut Dr. Loosen non-estate “Dr. L. Riesling” for several years when we spotted a bottle of 2009 Dr. Loosen “Red Slate” Dry Riesling on the shelf at a local wine shop and decided to try it. Much drier in style than the Dr. L. label, and only a couple dollars more at
With the last of our Thanksgiving leftovers, we enjoyed a bottle of 2011 Valckenberg Gewurztraminer, a fruity, full-bodied off-dry white QbA wine from Pfalz, Germany. This wine had a pleasant aroma of flower blossoms and flavors of ripe melon and peaches, with a hint of lychee on the finish. Perfect with turkey sandwiches and cranberry
Happy Thanksgiving Day! With our traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we served a 2010 Weingut Johannishof Charta Riesling. This is a dry Riesling from the Rheingau area of Germany. In fact, it was very dry, with 11.5% alcohol and only 0.84% residual sugar. It paired beautifully with our turkey, dressing, cranberry relish, mashed potatoes, squash and green