Weekend in Temecula

I just got back from an amazing weekend in Temecula, CA with Elsbeth!  It was an awesome experience and a relaxed departure from Napa.  We stayed at the SpringHill Suites Marriot in Temecula, which I would highly recommend.  We took the Temecula Cable Car Wine tour which was a great deal, it included tasting tickets to every winery and lunch, in the end we payed about 20 dollars for a much needed ride.  We went to South Coast Winery, Oak Mountain, Van Roekel, and Europa Village.  Can't wait to go back to visit again!

My Favorite Winter Wine

Every Season I seem to find a wine that I just cannot get enough of.  This year's winner is this Roseblum Zinfandel, it is so drinkable its dangerous and usually on sale for 9.99 at my liquor store.

I actually followed through on a craft!

Here is my finished product!

What I served for Thanksgiving

I purchased this Engelheim 2009 last spring during a great sale at Incredible Wine.  I had been saving it for a special occasion.  Generally, I prefer to serve Gewurztraminer with turkey, but in general I like drinking Gewurztraminer so I found myself out.  This was a nice, crisp and apricot riesling, it was a crowd pleaser but was much too sweet for me, even at 13% which is considered very dry.  This wine with a little research appears to be a bit of a knock off.  Ingelheim is a village in the wine region Rheinhessen which is in Germany.  This particular town is know for very 'trocken' or dry wines due to the elevation.  This French Alp wine is really trying to imitate that style.  Unfortunately, no way to tell that on the shelf.   Here is the view of our delicious turkey

I am the 1%

Some Winter Crafty Things

Those of you who know me, know I am absolutely pathetic at any kind of craft, but Pinterest has inspired me to try making this from some of my hundreds of wine corks.  I will post a finished product!

A Snowy Saturday

Last weekend was a Snowy Saturday here on the Front Range, so we took the opportunity to head into the mountains or foothills for a little wine tasting at Creekside Cellars in Evergreen.  Evergreen is a cute little town only about 30 minutes from Denver so its a nice day trip.  Creekside was a decent winery, they had their couple good wines. We purchased the Rosso, blend of red wine, good for almost any food pairing and stands up well on its own.  It was a Sangiovese, Merlot, and Cab blend, the ratio was just right as I hate the use of Merlot by Colorado wineries, but this held up. What I didn't like: liked to make very clear, other Colorado wineries 'don't know what they are doing', etc...As someone who knows most of those winemakers I know thats not true, and that is not the spirit of the colorado wine industry, it is based on competitive support.  Want to see your winery grow? Start recommending, not bashing others, they will return the favor.  I was going to post a picture but we already drank it!  They had a very cute little restaurant there as well that looked like some good eats, we talked about taking our parents there next time they are in town.