by Christina Waters | Apr 19, 2011 | Wine |
Make plans for a day in the country – this Saturday April 23 – for a visit to the brand new tasting room at Windy Oaks Estate, in Corralitos.
Especially beautiful this time of year, the rolling vineyards above Corralitos now boast a new venue for the Pinot Noirs and estate Chardonnay created by Jim Schultze and his family winemaking team.
From noon to 5pm this Saturday (and every Saturday from now on) the tasting room is open for free pours of new releases—including the 2009 “one-acre” Chardonnay and the 2008 Proprietor’s Reserve Pinot Noir, plus appetizers, cheese, Corralitos sausage and live music.
Bring your favorite easter bunny— please call to RSVP, 831.724-9562, so Jim and Judy can put your name on the list — and come up for this hilltop Grand Opening. ( If you don’t RSVP, there will be a $15 tasting fee.) You can find out how to get to the winery at 550 Hazel Dell Road, by following the directions on the website.
by Christina Waters | Apr 15, 2011 | Movies |
Think Inception, Groundhog Day and a touch of The Matrix, and you’ll begin to see why this crisp bit of cinematic distraction is more than simply entertaining.
Source Code, directed by Duncan Jones, stars a resilient and compelling Jake Gyllenhaal as Sgt. Colter Stevens, a fighter pilot assigned to Afghanistan who suddenly “awakes” in another man’s body. Another man’s body on a commuter train about to be blown sky high.
Gyllenhaal has landed back on his feet with this part, and with his sweetly feral face set to register every nuance of his character’s situation, he completely owns this film from heart-pounding start to almost satisfying ending.
Turns out, Gyllenhaal’s character is a man suspended between worlds, literally, (more…)
by Christina Waters | Apr 15, 2011 | Home |
Can your chicken do this?Â
La Posta’s can.Â
Here is a magnificent salad I enjoyed on Bastille Day, thanks to the kitchen of Katherine Stern, that involved a layer of house-cured King salmon (incredibly rich and buttery), topped with Little Gem lettuces in a creme fraiche vinaigrette dotted with slivers of radish and then topped with the most delicious softly hard-boiled egg I’ve ever tasted.
by Christina Waters | Apr 14, 2011 | Food, Home |
Thank you Kelly Porter Sanchez for deciding three decades ago to do exactly what you wanted to do, and to do it your way. No compromises, no complaints.
Congratulations!
You’ve made a lot of people so happy that they barely realized how much went into their favorite coffee, lunch, meeting spot. The bread, croissants, cakes, and did I forget to mention those poached eggs on polenta?
The pear tart. The caramel almond ice cream.
Thank you, thank you.
by Christina Waters | Apr 13, 2011 | Home, Wine |
We discovered a great way to have our Pinot and drink it too, so to speak. These half-bottles of Windy Oaks Estate Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains 2007, are available at New Leaf for a mere $18.99. You can enjoy the complex licorice and black cherry spice of winemaker Jim Schultze’s elegant creation for significantly less than the larger, full size bottle. Although, let’s face it, in the case of elegant Pinot Noir, more is always better.
Check out the glass-to-bottle ratio in this image. Rather Alice in Wonderland, no? We enjoyed a demi-bouteille recently with a dinner of homemade chile verde. Sensational combination.
