Build her an arena. I love my wife and she loves her horse, so I built her a full size arena for her horse. It's 20 yards by 60 yards with a nice crushed sand floor and a three lines white fence. There is a small gate for her and her horse, and a double […]

Pasta with Calamari and spinach salad. Prepare some linguini pasta, then top with calamari, and add some cilantro. The salad is a spinach salad with sliced pear and hazelnut, and a vinaigrette sauce. Some fresh homemade bread was made to accompany the dish. Wine pairing: A nice acidic and fruity wine to match the salad. […]

Steak, Salad and Wine. You grill a nice thick sirloin steak, on a very hot BBQ, 1 minute each side, and serve it warm with a spinach salad with sauteed mushroom and fresh tomatoes, and some steamed broccoli. Pairing: Red meat calls for red wine, mushrooms call for something earthy, and the broccoli calls for […]

Pizza with pesto and seafood We made our own pizza dough, but you can buy some. Spread some pesto and add your seafood, calamari and small sea scallops. Note, you can precook the dough so not to overcook the seafood. Pairing: A white wine, dry and fruity, with some body. we opened a Gavi di […]

Calamari and Shishito peppers, You fry some calamari pieces as well as some sliced Shishito peppers, and serve with a spinach salad with avocado, tomatoes and sliced almonds. You can have a side of mayonnaise, or better, some cajun sauce as a dip. The Japanese Shishito peppers are tasty but not too hot, a little […]

Eggs with cheese. You mixed white wine, preferably a dry Riesling, and butter in a pan and reduce by half, then you add mustard and grated cheese. Normally Gruyère, but we had to do with what we had and used smoked Jarlsberg cheese from Norway (actually made in Ohio). It look the same but tastes […]

Wine Cruise next June, anybody? We wish we had the money to go on that cruise organized by Alexandria Nicole Cellars (ANC) next June around the Mediterranean sea, through the straight of Gibraltar, and into the Atlantic ocean. Ten days sipping on wine, having dinner prepared by Chef Jacques Pépin. Not only ANC makes some […]

Rosy had an accident: When a 1,500 lbs horse is trying to get to the grass on the other side of the fence, all bets are off. Rosy pushed the metal fence until she got to the grass on the other side, but when she tried to pull her head back in, she pull the […]

Wine Tasting: We had our first wine tasting in September and sold 16 bottles of our Rosé when using only two bottles for the actual tasting. It was $5 for the table...So we finished way ahead. We'll do that again.     Première présentation du vin: Nous avons fait notre première présentation en Septembre et […]

A night in the wilderness We decided to take a short vacation and went spent the night in the wilderness behind our vineyard. In the morning we went for a walk in the mountain. It's crazy how different is the vegetation between our place and here, only 4 miles and 500 ft higher. Une nuit […]