Wine and Steaks

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, Healdsburg, California--A busy full day yesterday, but not much photography, however David provided the table!   Around lunch time our friends Dixon and JR arrived from San Francisco to spend two days.   They are avid "winies" and know the scenery and the vines in the county very well. 

After lunch of tomato and onion paninis, and much conversation and talk of their wedding--we came out to Calfornia for that at the end of February--we headed into Healdsburg for some wine pickup and some tasting.   At Sapphire Hill, across the street from Davis, we tasted a wide variety of specialized vintages, some from old vine zinfandels to a modern dessert wine that tastes almost like cocoa, called Samocha.  This is quite unique and we look forward to enjoying the wine when we get back to Washington.

In readiness

Host David picked up some fabulous--and they were fabulous--almost two-inch thick, New York strip steaks and we roasted fresh tomatoes and onions to go with them.   We started with a fine brie and crackers and some Davis Rhône style white, and then moved on to a huge salad and completed the meal with a magnum of Grand Cheval, a blend of syrah and pinot noir from Oregon which was a wedding present given to Dixon and JR.  Dessert was a tall-plated galette of fresh fruit in pastry.

Today we are heading off to Geyserville about an hour north of Healdsburg for some local wine tasting at a cooperative tasting room and lunch outdoors in the mountains.