Whenever we travel to Napa we like to see if Mitch is in town. He was so we setup a tasting in the back tasting room. Our friends Monica and Ralph joined us from North Carolina. Ralph like Chris, is a big fan of Mitch and enjoys his wines. We also order pizza’s next door…
Chris and I enjoy having our adult kids over for dinner. Tonight Michelle was coming over without her boyfriend. We will enjoy the one on one conversations and Chris prepared an excellent meal. We were having fresh salmon with the Dijon sweet glaze, Orzo, and Asparagus. Sight Medium depth with a ruby garnet hue. The…
About Mitch: Mitch Cosentino began making wine in small lots in Modesto, California in 1980. Ten years later he moved the Cosentino Winery operation to the Napa Valley, where he continued to make many award-winning varietal and blended wines. Cosentino has a gift for identifying fruit sources and is highly skilled and artistic in determining blends.…
I spent Sunday with my daughter Michelle who was helping me setup a Wine Making forum to host my fellow UC Davis winemaker students. Besides my co-students, I hope this forum will expand to other students of wine and grape growing. I needed some inspiration for my new wine making forum. Chris and Michelle decided…
Last spring we had received our normal two bottle red reserve wine club shipment. In the shipment was a bottle of 2011 Vintners Red Blend. While trying the wine, it was quite clear it is not the same style wine that we have grown accustomed to over the years. Frankly we thought the wine was…
Last spring I had written about a Select Red wine that came from Cosentino Winery. In my blog I pointed out some issues that I saw and thought the wine was not the same quality as the other wines we are familiar with and drank for many years. We did send Cosentino a letter expressing…
We spent a weekend in Napa Valley with our son Nick who turned 25 years old; and his fiance’ Bri. The last time they were there was when he proposed. During our vacation, we drove to Bodega bay for the day because Bri had never been to the Pacific ocean. It was a treat to take her there and…
We had started packing for our second trip to the Valley in the same week. This trip was going to include both”business” and pleasure. Due to the ridiculous airfare, THANK YOU DELTA, flying on a Saturday saved my employer over $600.00. I have to say these airlines sure take advantage of business travelers. Chris was…
We had just enjoyed a great summer weekend out at Dave and Heathers place on Coon Lake. We miss the daytime temperatures in the low 80s and the evenings and right around 60 with cool, comfortable overnights. Since we headed to the lake Friday afternoon, we decided to go home after breakfast on Sunday. There…
During the month of April, Chris was the Cosentino Winery Facebook fan of the month. When she was first approached in March she immediately said yes. Can I say she was really excited. They even put her face on their Facebook page. A few weeks after Chris was approached to be the fan of the…
Chris and I are not very familiar with Italian wines. The few times we have had them they were very good. When we were at one of our favorite Italian restaurants downtown we tried a Nebbiolo. We were quite impressed and plan on searching for more Nebbiolo’s in the future. Did you know that there…
I’ve been craving fish tacos for many weeks. Finally after many hints, Chris made them for me on Sunday. Our daughter Michelle and her boyfriend Jake also joined us as we try to have our kids over a couple Sundays a month for dinner. Chris planned on spending a couple hours preparing dinner, so I…
