Purity, restraint, and freshness are virtues we admire in garden-to-table cooking—and in wine. Here’s a colorful, joyful snapshot of what we’ve cooked from our summer garden so far this year.
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There’s a reason why you don’t find many production winemaking blogs. Winemakers are busy.
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Walk with us through the vineyard as Kristof talks about the most important part of his job as a winemaker: sculpting the vines.
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Want to eat healthier? Sauvignon Blanc can help.
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Shepherd’s Pie, Meatloaf, Hangtown Fry. We’ve got a wine for that.
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It’s not as easy as you’d think to dodge the tourist traps and find unique gifts that reflect Napa Valley terroir. Here are a few of our favorite picks.
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We’re not dessert people (or so we tell ourselves). And yet. Wine Country desserts are part of seasonal eating.
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The sauces, salsas, romescos, and pestos that make me look like a culinary genius when time is short.
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Would you squeeze a lime on it? Then consider pairing your meal with Sauvignon Blanc.
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Why aged Cabernet Sauvignon is the hot new thing in food and wine pairing.
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Sandwiches are the perfect, portable picnic food. Here’s where we eat our favorite sandwiches in the Napa Valley.
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“Actionable” 3-course menus for easy Wine Country entertaining.
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The story of our garden, why Sauvignon Blanc is the gardener’s wine, plus recipe cards for wine country home cooking.
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What do you do when you wake up to the sound of kittens mewing in the crawl space under your house? You find them homes - as winery cats, of course.
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Why your Valentine’s Day dinner and wine matter.
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What will the wine industry look like in 2040 if the World Health Organization gets its way? And what’s REALLY behind their statement this year that NO level of alcohol consumption is safe?
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Steak and Cabernet Sauvignon? Yes, please. Here are two fantastic ways we fix our steaks when it’s too rainy to grill outside (though a little rain has never stopped us!).
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There’s lots of chatter about harvest 2023 in the Napa Valley. Here’s what they’re not telling you.
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Tasting wine, really tasting it, demands stillness, the stopping of time, and going inward. Confidence, too. It’s a different spin on the idea, in vino veritas.
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A conversation with Kristof about the hazards of production winemaking - from a nostalgic & humorous perspective.
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