Garagistes

I love the changing of seasons, and all that comes with the transition of one to the next.  This fall I felt that something was missing from days dominated by football and ever shorter and darker and wetter days. Having just finished a fascinating book, “The Emperor of Wine” by Elin McCoy (more on this in [...]

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A Wildly Unpopular Thanksgiving Wine Article

Note: If at anytime you’re offended, please refer back to the title. That said… The gentlemen at Tavola Rosso have passed me the T-Day baton, perhaps not realizing I have inflexible thoughts about what to drink, and what to shun, on the Great Day of Turkey. Warning: it’s not going to make you Europhiles happy. Check [...]

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An American Meal

On election night, we felt it necessary to put together an american meal.  By the time it was on the table it was actually a quintessentially northwest american meal. Armed with a bottle of Amity Pinot Noir, we tracked down some fresh alaskan silver salmon for the occasion. With a side of mashed potatoes and another [...]

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What about Brunch?

Brunch is a surprisingly great time to try out new food and wine pairings.  The old reliable for us is champagne or cava or a tasty northwest sparkling wine, but a lot of different crisp wines would do the trick with the usual breakfast egg, potatoe, bacon, sausage, and caserole type dishes. Last month, Nick covered [...]

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Summer BBQ Wine

It’s summertime, also known as BBQ season, and you are planning your next party… Charcoal? Check. Food? Check. Libation?……Libation? Okay, so you don’t know what to serve. That’s okay; BBQs are hard meals to pair with wine, mostly because your guests and your parties come in all shapes and sizes. For instance, if you are planning to invite 50+ [...]

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