Wine with Food: For Luncheon Dishes, Casseroles and Pasta
Wine with Food: For Luncheon Dishes, Casseroles and Pasta by Paul Kalemkiarian Sr | June 1982 Before I discuss wines to serve with cheeses, desserts, eggs, salads, (yes some salads can have wine...
View ArticleWine with Food: with Cheese (part 2)
Wine with Food: with Cheese (part 2) by Paul Kalemkiarian Sr | September 1982 I am supposed to include some tables in 1 this months column, that show which wines accompany various cheeses. I really...
View ArticleWine with Food: with Cheese (part 1)
Wine with Food: with Cheese (part 1) by Paul Kalemkiarian Sr | August 1982 The custom of cheese after the meal is commonly seen in the United States. It is a tradition in France, and often encountered...
View ArticleWine with Food: with Desserts
Wine with Food: with Desserts by Paul Kalemkiarian Sr | December 1982 If you have chosen to end your meal with something sweet for dessert, rather than cheese, the world of dessert wines awaits...
View ArticleWine with Food: with Salads!
Wine with Food: with Salads! by Paul Kalemkiarian Sr | November 1982 Yes, the exclamation mark is necessary. Everybody says “… no wine with salad”. I say “Hold it,… try it with some; you will be...
View ArticleWine of the Month Club | How to Make Crostini
Hey, welcome to the Wine of the Month Club’s first kitchen demonstration of one of the recipes that we’re featuring in the email special. We’re featuring two of our products, the Vista Alba Extra...
View ArticleWine of the Month Club | August 2014 Vintners Series
Ed: He does it again, you know? He’s the only guy that can crack himself up by doing nothing, absolutely nothing. Paul: I don’t know what it is. You make me laugh, Ed. You’re very funny. Ed: Good. I’m...
View ArticleAdventures in Eating: Eye-Opener Corn Bread
“You’re a million miles from nowhere, when you’re one little mile from home. It’s the song of mothers’ tears, that keeps ringing in your ears. You just leave the gates of Heaven, when you leave...
View ArticleDomestic Selection: Chardonnay, 1987, Chateau Julien
In the short span of 6 years that this winery has been in existence, it has made a name for itself internationally. The awards and medals list is impressive from competitions in San Francisco to...
View ArticleDomestic Selection: Pinot Noir, 1987, Congress Springs
The Congress Springs Winery, situated on the Santa Clara side of the rugged Santa Cruz mountain is surrounded by such illustrious neighbors as David Bruce, Martin Ray, Mount Eden and Ridge Vineyards....
View ArticleImport Selection: Sauvignon Blanc, 1988, Errazuriz Panquehue
(Editorial forenote: It pleases me to see how often [and unexpectedly so] Paul chooses these wonderful wines from Chile as club selections. I have been a long time fan of Chilean wines. They often...
View ArticleDomestic Selection: Chardonnay, 1988, Monte Verde
Widely known for their successes in motor racing, brothers Frank and Phil Arciero, along with their sons, operate one of California’s largest construction and development companies. The message:...
View ArticleImport Selection: Salice Salentino, 1983, Dr. Taurino
The only good thing about inflated California wine prices is that importers will search far and wide into territories they normally would not have, to discover good bargains. Salice Salentino lies...
View ArticleDomestic Selection: Cabernet Sauvignon, 1984, Jade Mountain
If you want history, try to read the label on this bottle. Some correlation! But here is the current story of this winery. Proprietor Dr. Douglas Cartwright has actually been growing grapes for many...
View ArticleImport Selection: Piesporter Michelsberg, 1988, H. Schmitt Soehne
“You can drink and enjoy German wines during the evening and still feel good in the morning.” – words of wisdom, promotional but true, from Peter Limberger, President and C.E.O. of Schmitt and Soehne...
View ArticleAdventures in Eating: Baked Crabmeat & Shrimp
Natchitoches, Louisiana, founded in 1714, is a quaint, historic town, planted on the scenic, majestic Cane River. It is a town with a sense of true Southern Comfort. The film, “Steel Magnolia” was shot...
View ArticleDomestic Selection: Fume’ Blanc, 1988, Lambert Bridge
The Lambert Bridge wine estate was once part of the ranch of a Mr. C.L. Lambert, who owned much of Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley in the early 1900’s. The acreage included a school, a store, a road...
View ArticleImport Selection: Rioja, 1985, Federico Paternina
During the 1880’s a vine plague, the root burrowing phylloxera vastratrix, spawned a mass exodus of several hundred French families from Bordeaux due south 150 miles to Spain’s uninfected Ebro Valley....
View ArticleImport Selection: Lee Poo Yee, NV. Armand Roux
Let me point out that, no, Lee Poo Yee is not from an obscure estate hidden away in the picturesque hills of some exotic province in China. It does come instead, from the familiar Loire Valley of...
View ArticleDomestic Selection: Chardonnay, 1986, Merry Vintners
The Merry Vintners is a small, 7,000 cases per annum, family winery in the rural outskirts of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. The winery was founded in 1984 by four partners; Charles Edwards and his wife...
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