Sunday, March 22, 2009
Pinot Paradise, That's Us (and hunting adventures)
March is Pinot Paradise in the Santa Cruz Mts., and Mary and Ed are involved in the big event coming up the last weekend. Sunday the 29th is the big day. Mary is on the committee and has been helping organize the event, and Ed is on panel of winemakers and growers for the 'Technical Session' Sunday morning, talking about the new Santa Cruz Mts. subregions. We are in the Summit subregion, that covers the high elevation ridges from David Bruce down to where we are above Summit Rd. Then, there's a Grand Cruz tasting in the afternoon, with 35 wineries pouring mountain Pinot paired with gourmet food from local restaurants. I always hope to get some treats from these things. Personally, I think we're in paradise already where we are. I get to run and dig all I want in the vineyard, and hunt gophers. That's my job. Here's me at work. Only we've done a good job of getting out the gophers and there aren't so many now. I chase out the big game (deer) when it gets in. And the other day I found a black and white kitty in the vineyard. It was dark when we walked down to the gate. It really smelled a lot, which I usually don't mind, but this really was bad, and then I had to get a bath.
I'm supposed to tell you we have a winemaker's dinner happening, too. Wednesday April 22, at Nonno's in Redwood Estates. Mary and Ed will be there pouring our wine, plus another winery, Clos Tita. Plus they're having some more Santa Cruz Mts. Pinot. Ralph is grilling up some tenderloin and venison (hey, I like chasing venison!), with cranberry chutney, wild rice and some more stuff. $50/person. 6:30 for appetizers; 7:00 for dinner. Nonno's: 408-353-5633. www.nonnositalian.com. (I really want some treats from this dinner!)
Sunday, March 15, 2009
We went to World of Pinot Noir last week. Okay, it's March already and I admit, I haven't been real great at keeping up with this blog. So there's lots to catch up on. WOPN was at Shell Beach, and the Santa Cruz Mountains was there in a big way. On Friday, Ed participated on a panel of Santa Cruz Mts. winemakers talking about our appellation wines and new subregions (Muns Vineyard is in the Summit subregion). It was a great panel and wine tasting - Jeffrey Patterson, Mount Eden; Sal Godinez, Vine Hill; Nathan Kandler, Thomas Fogarty; Joe Martin, Martin Alfaro; Jerold O'Brien, Silver Mountain; Ed Muns, Muns Vineyard. David Bruce was there. Mary helped put this session together. We barrel-tasted our '07, to be bottled soon. A good participant turnout for the session, and well received. We poured our Rose of Pinot at the lunch following, and then in the afternoon we poured our '04 and '05 at the big public tasting on the bluffs of the Cliffs Resort, overlooking the ocean. A great event, we were glad to be there, and we had a great time.
Mary and Ed tasted lots of Pinots and they had a great time. For me, there was not much to do. Except, and this was the best part! We were near the beach and I got to go to the beach and run around both days! Oh boy! I can always tell when we're near the beach - I can smell it a mile away. I love the beach! After the vineyard, I love the beach the most.
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