This wine country "staycation" supper takes us to France for delish pairings you'd sample in the French countryside - and YOU can taste and cook along! oin me in my Napa Valley kitchen for a staycation supper with wine pairings and dishes we'd enjoy in the French countryside. Gather some salad greens, goat cheese and a crusty French baguette and you can even cook and taste along. We'll be making Salade de Chevre Chaude (warm goat cheese salad), which is super easy and delicious. I'll also teach you how to make the perfect, easy vinaigrette. You'll love it so much you never want to buy the bottled stuff again!
You know you love it, and you'd love to know more about it. So here is a quick primer on the bubbly that brought la dolce vita of Italy to our everyday table. It's about time right? So, mille grazie Italia!
When it comes to Prosecco cocktails I've learned from the best - master mixologist and cocktail book author Scott Beattie of Meadowood Napa Valley. The great thing is that with just a few fresh ingredients and VERY simple techniques you can have molto (that means much) fun making your own Prosecco cocktails at home. Summer […]
Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri (3 glasses) rating is the top honor an Italian wine can receive. These wines are worth seeking out! Most of us think of the Veneto region for Prosecco, Soave and Amarone. These amazing reds show the diversity and quality of which the region is capable.
These Italian white grapes - the vivacious V's - are head-turners, and a world apart from everyday supermarket Pinot Grigio (not that there's anything wrong with that!). Be ready for textural intrigue, crackling minerality and expressive savory undernotes to the pure fruit. They are amazing food partners too! After you try Vernaccia (vair-NAH-chee-uh) from Tuscany […]
From Sex and the City to Madmen, to Frasier, we've gotten to connect with our favorite TV show characters over the beverages they favor - whether beer (Cheers), coffee (Friends), Champagne and Sherry
Drinking pink, as in dry rose, has surpassed summer to become a year-round phenomenon, and for good reason. Dry roses have red wine complexity with white wine refreshment. They have great acidity to pop the flavors of a huge diversity of dishes, and layers of complexity as well. Drinking blush? It was my first wine […]
We've needed it to be a whole year of "comfort season" but now with temperatures cooling off, we can truly revel in the warmth of the oven and soothing scents of our favorite long-cooked, rib-sticking dishes. Like my husband John's meatloaf. Now, the secret's out!
We’re all ready for a laughter- and learning-filled distraction from the cares of the day, and this is it! Join us on Saturday, November 7 at 3 pm PT for a virtual “Escape to Wine Country” hosted live by Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson, and Trattore Farms’ proprietor and tractor geek Tim Bucher. The price of $75 (tax and shipping […]
