1999 Acacia Desoto Vineyard Pinot

AMGP 95
Last bottle of this. Hints of Tabacco and Vanilla

Ravioli Two Ways

Spinach and Mushroom & Lobster Diablo Ravioli

Portuguese Lunch !

Broiled Bacalhau(Salt Cod),Batatas(boiled Potato),grão-de-bico(chickpeas),Couve(cabbage),Bolo de caco(pan Bread),
Vinagre (vinegar) , and Azeite(olive oil)....and hot peppers.

My new Photo Gear

Canon 40D
Canon EF 24-105 mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens

Pawlie Birthday

Spencer the driver and the Man of the Day

- Taken at 8:10 PM on January 05, 2010 - uploaded by ShoZu

Another Sonoma Trip - Mushroom Hunting - A stop at Cornerstome Sonoma

This place is pretty cool set of shops.....The BLT sandwich here is the best I ever had.....we stop here whenever we come thru....at least once a trip!

http://www.cornerstoneplace.com/index.php

Cornerstone Sonoma

Sonoma

Mushroom Hunt

Claudio getting rid of all the unedible ones.....which was all of them. Not one good one in the Bunch!!!!!!!!

2002 Shirvington Shiraz - Austrailia - RP99

I got this at a Grateful Palete moving sale....I scooped up all the bottles....and a couple of 2002 Cabs also.
This stuff sells for $125 -$175.

AMGP 96

Stuffed Pasta Manicotti & 2001 Owen Sullivan Winery BSH

This is a really great Washington Cab-Merlot-Cab Franc
Blend. This is one of the first Washington wines that I really liked alot(beside Quilceda). This was my last bottle of this but it was problably a little past its prime. The previous bottle was( a year or more ago) was much better

AMGP 93

Ventura Cheesesteak with Sauce & 2006 Domaine Sainte Leocadie Les Clauses -Minervois

I was jones'in for a philly steak.....so I made one....or two. Steaks come with sauce....the way they should be. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

The Leocadies is a great Minervois blend. I got it for about $9.00. It is a good QPR wine. AMGP 89

For an even better wine from the same maker....try the Domaine Sainte Leocadie Cuvee Fernand Averoux Proprietary Blend

A stop At Jack Creek Winery in Paso on the way home from Sonoma

Needed to pick up our shipment of Pinots from Jack Creek...and also stop at JoBella for some Coffee(good stuff - in the Trader Joes shopping center in Atascadero)

It was a beautiful "changing of the seasons"

Jack Creek Has the Best Pinot in Paso and also Great Syrahs.The owners are really nice and cool people.They have some great property in the " cool Templeton Gap"

http://www.jackcreekcellars.com/

Here is the coffee Place http://www.joebellacoffee.com/

Sonoma Wine Road -Tasting along the wine road

* It should be noted that I have a New Camera- Canon 40D (and some serious lenses to go with it)

This is a great event! Saturday and Sunday Tasting wines and food at wineries in Sonoma. You get a cookbook that has the recipes that each of the participating wineries prepared for tasting.

We started off with a meeting of our group at Pedroncelli Winery.

They were serving Onion soup (Zinonion).

I am not an Onion fan(as some know)....