Riesling and Cheese Fondue: It has been a while since I did a Food and Wine Pairing Series, and, by popular demand, it is back but with some changes. I will now present the wine, and later the food we paired it with and why. It seems more appropriate this way. Wine: So the wine […]

Trip to Santa-Ana Wildlife Preserve We spent two days in Santa-Ana Wildlife Preserve, at the tip of Texas, on the Rio Grande. From the shore we could observe a Mexican farm on the other side of the Rio Grande. We wanted to see the park before Homeland Security enclosed it behind a giant wall of […]

Trip to San-Antonio, TX We took a small vacation and drove to San-Antonio, TX. It was a very long straight drive (>500 miles) on a pretty flat landscape. We spent a couple of days there and went down to Santa-Ana Wildlife Preserve at the very tip of Texas. After two days there we drove back […]

Another Silver medal for CHV Sangiovese 2016 We got the letter below this morning from the Hilton Head International Wine Competition in South Carolina, letting us know we got the Silver medal for our Sangiovese 2016. Two competitions, two medals...not bad! "Copper Horse Vineyard, Congratulations! On behalf of the Hilton Head Wine & Food Festival, […]

Winemakers mechanized Vineyards Mechanization in the vineyard is the solution to workers shortage and is the future. Part of the article below: <<St. James Winery began a mechanization experiment in 2004 that lasted until 2009 using side-by-side rows in a block of Chardonel grapes. Meggitt reported that initially they found some variation in the fruit, […]

New addition to the family. On Tuesday the 23rd of January 2018, four kids are born from our goat Lakota. Three boys and a little girl. All are black and white like their father. One might have some brown like his mom. Both the mom and the kids are going good, even knowing the kids […]

Chicken Tikka Masala with a Chardonnay, Food: It is chicken chunks marinated in yogurt and spices then grilled and served in a creamy spiced tomato sauce, and Saag Aloo (spinach and potatoes), and Jasmine rice. Wine Pairing: The dish is creamy and not too spicy hot, so we selected a Chardonnay from Sicily for its […]

Coyotes warning As we are dog sitting Gina’s mom’s little dog, Gina is taking her out every morning at sunrise. The other day, there was a coyote waiting by the doorway... for the little dog to come out. Then, I take the little dog out at night for a pee-pee before nite-nite... and same thing... […]

Our Sangiovese 2016 got a silver medal at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition! (and the wine is still $20 for the club members) Notre Sangiovese 2016 a reçu la médaille d'argent à la Compétition du Vin du San Francisco Chronicle. Copper Horse Vineyard, Congratulations on your award(s) from the 2018 SF Chronicle Wine Judging […]

King's Cake Food: Gina made a king's cake (Frangipane cake) for celebrating the Kings making it to little Jesus' manger last weekend. Wine Pairing: We paired it with a sparkling Cava from Spain, El Macho. It was too soft, so we added some Frangelico (Hazelnut Liquor) in the Cava to make it nice...Very nice.   […]