Cabernet Franc and Carolina Bleu Marble

wineandcheesefriday September 20, 2019 No Comments

It’s North Carolina Wine Month so let’s celebrate with Cabernet Franc from South Creek Winery in Nebo, NC and Carolina Bleu Marble cheese from Ashe County Cheese, also made in North Carolina. We purchased both this wine and cheese when we made our way out towards Asheville, NC in the summer, https://wineandcheesefriday.com/south-creek-winery-visit-nebo-nc/. This would be our first winery visit in North Carolina so we were anxious to sip the wines. Read More…

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Steele Chardonnay and Champagne Cheddar Cheese

wineandcheesefriday August 16, 2017 No Comments

We spent a few days in Cape Cod visiting my mom’s cousin, Karen, and her daughter, Lyndsay. It’s fair to assume that we brought along some wine to enjoy with them. We picked out this bottle of Steele Chardonnay when we were at Wine 101 Hamden a couple weeks back. Read More…

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Art and Wine Reception at Lake County Wine Studio

wineandcheesefriday May 20, 2016 No Comments

We took a break from the work in the winery and vineyard, to attend the Art and Wine Reception at Lake County Wine Studio, http://www.lakecountywinestudio.com/index.html. What a cool idea: wine and food pairings, artists and their art; great for a Friday night!

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Our Upcoming Month at the Sol Rouge Vineyard

wineandcheesefriday April 23, 2016 No Comments

We arrived to the Sol Rouge Vineyard last night. We are excited about all the wine opportunities that this experience will provide! We are already scheduled to help bottle the wine on Monday morning so stay tuned for an entry regarding that. There will also be tasks to be done in the vineyard which Maria is super excited about.

Categories: Other Wine and Cheese Experience Tags: Tags: California, chocolate cake, lake county, Maria Ferraro Beardsley, sol rouge, viognier, wine, wine bottling, wineandcheesefriday

Our Day Working in the Vineyard at SolRouge

wineandcheesefriday August 28, 2015 No Comments

Neil and I not only like to drink wine, but also we love to be around the grapes before they turn into wine. Whenever we get the chance, we visit vineyards. Since harvest happens late summer to early fall, we called our friend who owns a vineyard to see when harvest might begin. Well we were in luck, because it was about to start in a few days.

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Lake County Wine Tasting

wineandcheesefriday May 16, 2015 No Comments

In order to celebrate Neil’s Birthday weekend, we headed out to Lake County. We have been here once before almost two years ago,(http://mferraro73.tumblr.com/post/60941545845/trip-to-lake-county-labor-day-weekend-part-1) (http://mferraro73.tumblr.com/post/60941630541/trip-to-lake-county-labor-day-weekend-part-2), and were fortunate to be able to stay in the guest house at a vineyard.

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Viognier and Bailey Hazen Blue Cheese

wineandcheesefriday September 13, 2013 No Comments

This week’s wine and cheese entry is inspired by our trip to Lake county over Labor day weekend. (https://wineandcheesefriday.com/trip-to-lake-county-labor-day-weekend-part-1/) Bonterra Viognier is produced using grapes from Lake and Mendocino counties. We haven’t done any White Rhone wines yet so lets get started.

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Trip to Lake County, Labor Day Weekend, Part 2

wineandcheesefriday September 11, 2013 No Comments

Touring around Lake County was amazing and exciting to see the different volcanic soils. We started in a vineyard with red coarse dirt and ended with black obsidian. Either way, it would be impossible to dig in. Also all of the minerals in the soil carry through into the wines, can you say terroir?

Categories: Other Wine and Cheese Experience Tags: Tags: lake county, Maria Ferraro Beardsley, mountain-side vineyards, Sol Rouge Vineyard, terroir, wine

Trip to Lake County, Labor Day Weekend, Part 1

wineandcheesefriday September 11, 2013 No Comments

Over Labor Day weekend, Neil and I visited Lake County as a work field trip. We were invited out to Sol Rouge (http://solrouge.com/) in order to see the estate vineyard that produces some of the wine I sell. To those of you who live here in the city, this trip was able to happen because the Bay Bridge was closed (http://baybridgeinfo.org/closure), and our winery on Treasure Island was not accessible to the public.

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