Food & Wine — Cabernet Sauvignon
Land of Sea and Fog: The Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Growing Region
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Photo Credit: Clos de la Tech The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA is perched atop the Peninsula Ridge overlooking the land of Google, Facebook, Apple and venture capitalists known as Silicon Valley. To the west, its steep slopes fall away to some of the most rugged portions of the San Mateo county coastline. The region stretches to the south above coastal surf towns on the coast and peeks over at inland ag towns in the Santa Clara Valley. In short, it’s enormous. With a total size of 322,000 acres, it is the largest California AVA. The AVA was established at the...
A Video and Quick Blurb From Our Sommelier
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So, you’re looking for a really good bottle of California Cabernet? Aren’t we all? I’m sure you might have heard of Ridge Monte Bello Cab. ?? Their current vintage of that wine is 2018. Check out these great scores from some popular wine critics like, James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 97pts., James Suckling 97pts., Erin Brooks, Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate 94-97pts. This wine is currently selling for over $200 a bottle. Let’s not get crazy! I’m sure you’re not here to spend that much dough. A lot of fans of this wine don’t realize Ridge makes another Cab from...
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Fish Tacos
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Living in Southern California comes with so many perks; gorgeous consistent weather, stunning outdoor environs and a condensed and diverse disarrangement of culinary adventures. This week we choose to focus on one of our favorite culinary niches, the fish taco!If there has even been a great time to be a taco lover, it is now. It seems that with the up-rise in culinary diversity and the increase of small and mobile eateries, the modern taco is breaking all the rules of tradition. The Kogi Truck being the most famed fusion tacos at the moment. Even within the niche of fish...
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Steak au Poivre
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Grilled Tuscan Style T Bone Steak
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The official grilling season has began. Here is a delicious recipe to enjoy this summer and all the sun filled fun days that are just around the corner. We recommend pairing this with Buehler Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is brimming with fruit aromas and flavors. With notes of plums, blackberry, and black currant. This wine is full-bodied on the palate that will pair perfectly with the Tuscan Grilled Steak. All around yum!!! Ingredients: 2 1-inch T Bone steaks, about 2 ½ pounds total 1/4c good quality olive oil Zest of 1 small lemon 8 to 10 cloves crushed garlic depending on how garlicky you...
- Tags: Beef, Cabernet Sauvignon, Entrees, Vegetables