We love some good wine for dessert...this includes ports, dessert wines, and late harvests. Not huge fans of the syrupy sweet wines, but something with some great flavor and smooth consistency will really do the trick. If it happens to pair well with a cigar, well, that's an … [Read more...]
At Home With Silver Horse!
Here we are again...opening wine at home! I mean, why not, right? Tonight, we picked out a 2006 Silver Horse "Big Easy". http://www.silverhorse.com. This is another one of their great red blends, 50% Tempranillo, and 25% each of Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon. Steve … [Read more...]
Monday Night #3 – Random Sampling – J. Lohr
So...we got a grouping of "samples" of wine for our Monday Night Wine Tasting. We normally go with cheap wines on our Monday Nights....but this was something fun and different! SAMPLES! Yay! Lots of variety and a little goofiness (okay, a lot) got us through some side by side … [Read more...]
Bianchi Winery
Our next stop on our wine tasting adventure was Bianchi Winery and Tasting Room. http://www.bianchiwine.com/. This is an absolutely beautiful setting, with a pond and awesome views. Bianchi has a great list to choose form, both reds and whites and even some late harvest wines, … [Read more...]
At Tobin James Tasting Room
Hoot 'n Annie headed East...to the infamous Tobin James Tasting Room. http://tobinjames.com/ This place is known for it's Saloon-like party atmosphere and constantly packed tasting bars. People come from near and far for the opportunity to grab a spot at the bar and go through … [Read more...]
At Home with Tobin James
Well, not actually Toby himself...but one of his wines! http://tobinjames.com. It was a 2007 "Lagrein" Silver Reserve, and we loved it. A big, delicious red, this had a lot of pepper and some smokey BBQ flavors and I pictured us sipping it with a couple of nice grilled steaks. … [Read more...]
Monday Night – #2
It was cheap wine night at Hoot 'n Annie's house again...this time a Redwood Creek Chardonnay. http://www.redwoodcreek.com/. I picked this up for $5 and thought we should give it a try. Not bad! I'll definitely be picking this one up again. It's a medium-bodied Chardonnay … [Read more...]
Christian Lazo Wines
We wandered into Christian Lazo Wines' Tasting Room in downtown Paso Robles. http://www.christianlazowines.com/ Their tasting room is newly opened a block off the square on 13th Street. A quaint little place, with a good line up of wines to taste, these guys really have a good … [Read more...]
Anglim Winery
Hoot 'n Annie showed up at Anglim Winery in Paso Robles, CA to taste their wines and check out their scene. http://www.anglimwinery.com/ Steve and Steffanie Anglim own and run the winery, and have their tasting room at the historic train station in Paso Robles not far from the … [Read more...]
Home Tasting – Edward Sellers
Hoot 'n Annie here...we popped open a bottle of Edward Sellers 2006 Syrah Seleccionee on a random Tuesday evening. We decanted it to be sure the wine had some time to breathe before we got into it. We had quite a conversation about how people actually identify the specific … [Read more...]