With more than 1,000 wines entered, the Sonoma County Harvest Fair’s Professional Wine Competition is always a local favorite. After 3 days of blind tastings the winning wines have been announced and Taft Street is excited to receive eight awards, including three Double Golds and a Best of Class! Best of Class Taft Street Sauvignon Blanc Russian […]
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We have four fig trees (three too many), and are constantly looking for new ways to prepare figs. This is an easy and delicious way of complementing grilled meat on the BBQ. INGREDIENTS: 4 rosemary stems about 6 -8 inches long 8 medium ripe figs, halved lengthwise 2 tablespoons onion/balsamic sauce Pepper COOKING INSTRUCTIONS Strip
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Today (September 2nd) officially starts the 2014 Harvest for Taft Street. We have just brought in 25 tons of Chardonnay – clone 17 – from Saralee Kunde’s Catie’s Corner Vineyard, located west of Windsor near the Sonoma County Airport. The fruit is clean and aromatic and hopes are high for a terrific wine. Pinot Gris
With summer in full swing tomatoes are at their peak. Here is a twist on traditional pesto, adding tomatoes and almonds. INGREDIENTS: 10 ripe Roma tomatoes ½ cup blanched and toasted almonds 3 crushed garlic cloves 1 cup torn basil leaves 4 tablespoons olive oil ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese salt and pepper COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
With the hot weather continuing the grape harvest for 2014 has begun. The first grapes on the North Coast were picked this week for sparkling wine. The general prediction is maturation is 10 days to two weeks earlier than normal, so by this time next month we should be in full swing. Indications are the
“A Little Street Music Continues!” We’re excited to welcome David Luning, Sunday July 27, from 3-6pm. [av_button label=’Event Info’ link=’tribe_events,16291′ link_target=” color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’medium’ position=’center’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue801′ font=’entypo-fontello’ av_uid=’av-1bkyle8′] Check out David Luning’s newest video – Whiskey Bottle [av_video src=’http://youtu.be/uJIIqnj8CHQ’ format=’16-9′ width=’16’ height=’9′ av_uid=’av-q3e33k’]
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On July 13, we welcome Lazyman, formally the Steve Pile Band. Lazyman is a Northern California rock band influenced by delta blues, “good” country music, African rhythms and tasty jams. These flavors wrap Steve Pile’s original tunes like bacon around a fig. As Steve Pile Band, they have been playing around the Bay Area for
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The summer growing season is now in full swing, with daytime temperatures reaching the 80’s and 90’s; then dropping thirty degrees overnight. This is the pattern that produces world class grapes – one’s that sweeten to maturity while keeping a fresh acidity. Only in Sonoma County (OK, and a few other places as well). It
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Summer means barbeque and there are not many things better than smoked brisket. We usually go with the traditional Taft Street Zinfandel, but on very hot days a well chilled Taft Street Russian River Valley Pinot Gris hits the spot. This was a big hit at our recent “Grill 116” – wine and food pairing
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We have settled into our summer weather pattern – warm days and cool nights. The vineyards look great and we may be headed for a third straight high quality year. In fact, our most pressing concern at the moment is low inventory. We have pushed up our bottling schedule to ensure our positions on retailers’
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