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The Brad and Jim Show, Pork Apology, Wine Shipping and How a Bacon and Wine Tasting Went Wrong
Join us at Coyote Sonoma for a new pairing experience! An array of seasoned Applewood smoked bacon expertly paired with our Zinfandels” so brags the promotion – what could be wrong with that, could be alcohol.
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How Is Your Wine Store Laid Out?
Our lovely and attractive favorite store is the Bottle Barn, located in a warehousing district that you can see draws you in with their delightful entrance located next to a large electrical transformer.
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Of Hot Dogs, The Challenge to Restaurants, Best Sandwiches Some Time in Napa and Wine Smoke
Hope you all are hungry as a good portion of this month’s whine is centered on food assuming you call a Costco hotdog food and I found a list of the 20 best sandwiches in America
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Smoke Gets in Your…Vines
A smattering of Napa Valley wineries and swaths of their premium vineyards suffered heavy damage or were gutted, as the Glass fire swept through in the midst of an already challenging wine grape harvest.
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How I’m Buying Wine These Days at a Great Discount
Here’s the story of how I’m buying $80 wine for $13 and how you should hopefully see some deals at your local retailer in the near future.
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Notes Regarding a Cheese Exchange, A Wine Tasting and Hand Sanitizer: You’ll Get It
I am usually wary of private label products…but in the case of Smart & Final their cheese selection is quite good and very inexpensive compared to the other stores.
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What Started Out Big is Better Small
A Shake Shack mention in a news story inspires me not make their burger but rather their chicken sandwich with the intention of incorporating the sandwich into my catering offerings in a smaller, slider size.
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So What To Do When a PR Lady Offers to Send Three Bottles of Wine?
So I get an email from a woman with a public relations firm asking me if I would entertain receiving three bottles of wine from a winery not 20 minutes away from us in Sebastopol.
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Our Last Winemaker
Moondance Cellars is a bit off the beaten track and doesn’t exactly have flashing lights and a bunch of big signs in front of it telling you that you’re welcome to come in….
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Tasting Out of Town Wine in Town and Bad Biscuits
It was our pleasure to have toured down the Oregon’s Willamette Valley some eight years ago where we enjoyed the casualness of the area and found the wines to be very good so I was quite happy…
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You May be Jarred by My Tomato Sauce Review
I realize this statement may cause shock and turned up noses when I suggest that I often use a jared tomato sauce when a recipe only calls for a cup or two as a base for building a more complicated recipe. I usually grab whatever is on sale…
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Wine, Wine Everywhere – But Not So Great Chicken Sandwich News
Yes I know the title says there’s too much wine and the picture is McDonald’s Chicken Sandwiches but…
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Bubbles, Bubbles and Bubbles 2019
We recently visited Roederer and had the opportunity to taste the same wines in both formats and confirmed what I always believed that the larger format really makes a difference…
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Woody's Whines // Woody's thoughts and opinions on a variety of subjects
The Brad and Jim Show, A Pork Apology, Wine Shipping and How a Bacon and Wine Tasting Went Wrong
Writing from the edge of the Russian River in Sonoma County I’ll be sharing a great new source of wine information and entertainment with you, offering my apology for some bad temp information; providing information on the cost of shipping wine and telling you how…
How Is Your Wine Store Laid Out? New Wendy’s Chicken Sandwich, Lord Snort Celebrates a Fourth Birthday, Pretzel Rolls, Irish Butter and More!
Writing from the edge of the Russian River in Sonoma County Greetings to everyone and hope you had a fine although probably limited Thanksgiving celebration. We are in the midst of beautiful fall weather in Sonoma with temperatures in the mid-60s and a bright, warm…
Wine Reviews // Tasty and reasonably priced reviews
How I’m Buying Wine These Days at a Great Discount
Writing from the edge of the Russian River in Sonoma County I’ll get to discounted wine in a minute but thought I’d let you know I’ll also be sharing info on food friendly wines; Popeyes a year later; how Trumps bad tariffs are killing wine…
Bordeaux You Could Actually Buy
Research tells me that the second label bottles of many Bordeaux wines – that’s what doesn’t fit in the first blend of major Chateaus, will be outstanding and probably at very good prices, a reflection of the old saw, “a rising tide lifts all boats”…..
Woody's Recipes // Great meals to go with great wines
The Best Potato Mushroom Gratin
This is not your everyday scalloped potato dish. You layer the potatoes in along with salt and pepper Parm cheese and the whipping cream. You bake that off and then top with mushrooms more cheese and more whipping cream. You really do want to make…
Bacon Wrapped Sausage Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Please note corrected cooking and temperature instructions
Latest Podcasts // Audio from interviews with the industry greats
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Our most recent wine adventure was a week long visit to the Willamette Valley wine country of western Oregon, what a remarkable area and what spectacular wines. It was the first week of October and the weather was terrific, sunny, warm and windy – they…
Chef and Retailer Michael Chiarello
As I travel and taste I always have my recorder and camera with me and I share those interviews with you at What Goes With What. We met at a wine tasting event in Chicago and on a trip to Napa and Sonoma I had an opportunity…