Rainy Wine & Mead Festival

Well it rained, but we still went. It was a good little event and I got to talk to the founder of the Colorado wine country. He was a knowledgeable and kind old Italian (I think Italian) man. I know, I am a wine squint! Shut up!

Just a little wino tip for all of you: Do not drink coffee before or during drinking wine. I forgot this since I was cranky about the rain. Coffee kills your ability to properly taste wine.....for about an hour and a half!

New Job! Wine Consultant for Baroness Wines!!

I got a new job with Baroness Wines (Colorado distributor) as a part time wine consultant. I will be working at one of their accounts which is Davidson's Wine & Liquor on Colorado Blvd in Highlands Ranch/Centennial. I will be helping customers pick wines! Also, I get continued wine training, free wine to taste and a great staff to work with. I am totally STOKED!!!!

This picture shows you the beginning of my training which is a friggn case of wine!!! Awesome......

Oh, and you can see some of my medieval influence in my furniture....but be prepared for some Renaissance Faire pictures after Sunday with Mead in hand!

Wine Homework with a Glass of Prosecco & St. Germain Liqueur....

First the tasty interesting part....I love St. Germain Liqueur. I had it for the first time in a Denver bar on Broadway.

St. Germain Liqueur is made from:
The blossoms in question are elderflowers, the man un paysan, and the cocktail a stylishly simple creation made with St-Germain, the first liqueur in the world created in the artisanal French manner from freshly handpicked elderflower blossoms. Neither passionfruit nor pear, grapefruit nor lemon, the sublime taste of St-Germain hints at each of these and yet none of them exactly. It is a flavor as subtle and delicate as it is captivating. A little like asking a hummingbird
to describe the flavor of its favorite nectar. Très curieux indeed, n'est-ce pas?

A shot of that in a glass of Prosecco is HEAVEN, and definitely helps with homework......kinda

I can't help it if my homework is RIVETING!!!!! That's right ladies, gentlemen and etc, Microbiological Spoilage of Wine and its Control.......do contain yourselves.....it's tacky to get over excited!

That's right! Cabernet Sauvignon pomace (left overs from crush, seeds, skins, stems) made into a gluten free (I am gluten free) flour!! Awesome!

I made homemade pasta for the first time. Gluten free and high altitude! Rick is Italian too, so no freakn pressure there!! There should be a bloody cooking medal for that type of cooking.

No, it's not pretty. However, it was quite tasty and my favorite color, PURPLE! =) Suddenly I want the pasta attachment for my kitchen aid mixer. You just can't get it as thin as you need to with a roller and 2 glasses of Green Truck Chardonnay in ya!! Yes, I am a little like Julia, a lot of wine for me and way less for the food!

Rick and I made a Yellow Tail Cabernet Sauvignon tomato sauce with fresh herbs from my garden. It went very well with it. OH! I also added a few drops of white truffle oil on top for some earthy decadence! Mmmmm.

Now on to mastering the thickness of the pasta!

Assignment 4 of my UC Davis Class *twitch*!

I turned in assignment 4..............

It was an experiment with two wines. Both of the same varietal and from the same winery/region but 6-10 years apart. I picked Cabernet Sauvignon. I had a 2006 Cab on hand from a past job at Creekside. Yeah, thank god Bill Donahue (owner) was nice enough to give me a 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon for my experiment.

So I opened both bottles and poured a sizable glass of both. I had to check the wines at one week intervals for 4 weeks. So I had a friggn science project on my kitchen counter! Ick... The 2006 started to grow some nasty ring of yeast/bacteria and smelled like a sewer from hell! I had to smell that glass 2 more times after the initial alien invasion of bacteria! God awful!! See above pics!

So hopefully my lengthy, mind numbing, drinking copious amounts of wine while writing it, scientific blah blah essay will get a good grade! =)

Cateau Domestico!

Even cats love wine!!

First Post!

Hello there.......space! I am a medieval geek and a wine student currently in my second class of 5 at UC Davis. Which, while I am grateful to be in this school, I want to rip my hair out! The dry scientific text book is enough to make me jump into a vat of fermenting Merlot!! More too come!

I will post interesting facts, school crap, cooking with wine, and my hands on experience drama at local wineries! More too come!