On Boeuf Bourguignon, Docs, Pinot Noir, and Nirvana

For folks that allocate non trivial sums of their waking hours tasting fine wine and devouring information in appreciative support of things vinous, the ultimate reward occurs when the collage of food, wine, and human connection intersect with seamless harmony in one pinnacle vignette.  My experience with this form of cerebral tickling generally takes hold [...]

Perennially Crystal Quail

Regulars know it’s not possible to completely describe the transcendental experience of a Crystal Quail evening.   After the ritual pilgramage through the back-est of Center Barnstead, New Hampshire country roads and arriving in the middle of nowhere to find a small 18th century farmhouse glowing in the setting sun just twenty yards uphill of the rear over sized garden whose bounty is being prepped at [...]

Canlis Renewed

There are spaces and experiences I encounter in life where it is possible to feel the bones of venerablity and simultaneously appreciate the harmonic enhancements of current day excellence.  Last night,  in the same spot the family started back in 1950 on a Seattle cliff, Canlis glistened with energetic respect for its history and a nod to its new iteration. [...]

Castle Rock Rocks

There is so much value built into the wine market today that with careful picking you could pass a few months drinking a different high quality,  inexpensive wine every night and never get bored.   In the midst of a value wine streak of my own, I found it worthwhile pausing on the Castle Rock 2007 California Cuvee Pinot Noir ($10-$13).   The [...]

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