There was no way that I was going to miss the Santa Barbara Vintners Festival Grand Tasting. More than 100 wineries pouring tantalizingly complex world-class Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir and equally renowned and satisfyingly full-bodied (though less and less oaky lately) California Chardonnay? Out in the glorious sunshine of the prodigious, prestigious and bucolic…
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We had a Super start to 2014. A couple of weeks ago Sippity Sup received a Christmas present from the Castello di Amorosa winery in Napa Valley: a do-it-yourself wine “kit” that included barrel samples from three of their 2012 wines, a pipette and the challenge to formulate a luscious Super Tuscan-style blend. What’s so…
Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds: Some for roasting some for toasting. I stole that joke from Waiting for Guffman. In the movie the line is: “Stools: Some for selling some for keeping. I’m laughing just thinking about it. I think I’ll attach the video after the jump. I realize stools and Guffman having…
Holman Ranch, circa 1928 How great was it to be a movie star in the 1920s? You drove sleek, panther-like, hand-crafted limousines, sipped swank cocktails, indulged in fine food and wine and had peccadillos in well-appointed Spanish Revival estates like Holman Ranch. If you were Charlie Chaplin, it seems you did this everywhere. Even Holman…
