With this weekend’s party coming up, I looked for a variety of sauces to accompany the meats, breads and chips. Here are two, each serving 4-6. Ingredients Hummus 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 16 ounce can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed ¼ cup red onion, minced ¼ cup olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 […]
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The most successful Russian River Wine Road Barrel Tasting weekends have just finished. Over the past two weekends we have introduced a pair of Pinot Noirs: a 2008 Mendocino County Pinot Noir (115 cases); and a 2008 Sonoma County Pinot Noir (111 cases). We bottled them with our original (think 1982) label, designed by Maureen
Quick video our President Mike Tierney at ZAP Festival in San Francisco. Taft Street Winery – ZAP Festival Winery Interview
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On a recent trip to So Cal we had some great shrimp tacos on the public pier in Santa Barbara. Here’s our take. Ingredients 1 pound shrimp (30 count) cleaned 2 tablespoons Taft Street Rub (recipe to follow) 1 tablespoon olive oil sriracha sauce ½ small head cabbage, finely sliced 4 ounces blue cheese ½
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The Winter Olympics are done, the Russian River Wine Road’s Barrel Tasting is here, the vineyards and orchards have been pruned, the spring garden has been planted, the fruit trees are abloom, the reservoirs are full (very good news), St. Patrick’s Day is approaching, as is March Madness – we are definitely coming out of
This is the second in a series of wine related conversations between Taft Street Winemaker Evelyn White and Mike Tierney. This conversation focuses on Taft Street’s go-to wine – Russian River Valley Chardonnay. Mike Tierney: Everybody loves our Chardonnay. We won our second BEST OF CLASS award and the wine has just been released. So
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Valentine’s Day is past, Mardi Gras is future, and spring has sprung in Sonoma County. I celebrated by buying the first case of 2009 Sonoma County Rose of Pinot Noir. I took half of it with me and the wife on a weekend trip to Santa Barbara to hang out with Kathy’s sister and her
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Valentine’s Day is past, Mardi Gras is future, and spring has sprung in Sonoma County. I celebrated by buying the first case of 2009 Sonoma County Rose of Pinot Noir. I took half of it with me and the wife on a weekend trip to Santa Barbara to hang out with Kathy’s sister and her
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This is the first in a series of conversations between President Mike Tierney and winemaker Evelyn White on wine related topics and enjoying the fruits of our labors. Since we have just released our 2009 Sonoma County Rose of Pinot Noir, the making of rose seems an appropriate place to start. Mike Tierney: There are
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This one has LOVE all over it. Ingredients 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate 1 cup unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 5 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup flour Powdered sugar 2 cups berries (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries) Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter a 10 inch springform pan; dust with sugar. Melt sugar
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