It is Santa Cruz Mountains, but it's east side. East side is Bordeaux varietal country, west side is Burgundy focused, generally.
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The Official Wine Thread!
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Today is National Drink Wine Day for all you wine lovers. My guess is everyday is drink wine day for a few of you degenerates.
Just came back from Italy. Great trip!
Went to a place where it went from farm/vineyard directly to our meal. Good stuff. Somewhere it Tuscany.
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On the plate with the parsley is "radicchio trevigiano" one of the most if not the most prized vegetables in Italy. really hard to grow. I wonder how they prepared it? Do you remember eating it. Anyways, the ingredients look fresh.
I do not remember eating it although I know I tried everything. Food was great even though my perspective of Italian food was different.On the plate with the parsley is "radicchio trevigiano" one of the most if not the most prized vegetables in Italy. really hard to grow. I wonder how they prepared it? Do you remember eating it. Anyways, the ingredients look fresh.
While we're on the topic of orange/Cheeto, I tried 2 orange wines recently. One just tasted like a regular white (Gruner or Riesling) was white, and was pretty good, and the other could tell had aged way longer on the skins/seeds etc (super tannic, tasted like grape seeds) and was orange. Agree I'd recommend it to someone who like sour beers. I thought it was okay, probably something I wouldn't buy, but was more like the first time I tried a sour beer. Seems like it's the same thing as rose but made with white grapes and aged with seeds in addition to skins and for longer.
Definitely hits the palate in a similar manner to sour beers which I always liked. As a guy who doesn't like most whites I find the funkier orange wines enjoyable.
Kungfu Girl Riesling from Charles Smith is pretty good. Wine Enthusiast gives it 90 points. Off dry. $9.99 at Vons. One of my go to whites. 
Good with my red curry turkey meatball bowl.
Good with my red curry turkey meatball bowl.Brophys in SB serves KungFu by the glass. Probably $8-10 for a glass.
Was trying to remember when grapedrink mentioned GV - Zoker from Edna Valley is pretty good. They make Gruner and Riesling and I think at different tiers, starting around 20/bottle
Was trying to remember when grapedrink mentioned GV - Zoker from Edna Valley is pretty good. They make Gruner and Riesling and I think at different tiers, starting around 20/bottle
Article on supporting your local wineries and breweries.
www.independent.com
How to Support Hometown Wineries, Breweries - The Santa Barbara Independent
Simple answer: Buy more regionally made beer and wine during the COVID-19 outbreak.
www.independent.com
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