Tomatoes - Tamato

Our Tomatoes - Yum Good - Grown from hanging plant on deck

Opolo Blending - The Gallagher Grop

Roger Won Second Place !!

First Wine turned into Judges

We gained a couple from the O.C. in our "Grop" but they took the picture

BBQ Chicken

Spicy Shrimp over Three Grain Risotto ( rice,barley,spelt)

Sous-Chef steps up. She is now a full Chef !

( Junior Chef)

This was so good!!

Excellent flavors....spicy....mascarpone in the risotto..heat from el Pato (mexican -salsa de chile fresco) tomato sauce.

This was better than the best restaurants put out.

Nice Riesling.... but should have opened a better one for this food.

AMGP 88

2005 Lone Madrone Old Hat

AMGP 92
Zin & Petite Sirah --16.7 Alc. ......strong but good!

Wine

2006 Denner Ditch Digger

AMGP 94 .....yeah another good one.

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