13 May 2004

at

LaSalette

Sonoma, CA

Host:  Brad & Cathy
Theme:  Pinot Noir, Portuguese & Ch. Beaucastel CdP Vertical

Wine List & Menu

Attendees:
Brad, Cathy, Dave L., Gina, LArdog, Debbie, Dan, A. David
And Wes and Marsha.

Owner/Manager:  Joel Trebe
Chef de Cuisine:  Manuel Azevedo
Server:  Hannah

My wine tasting rating (0-10):  9

A wonderful wine tasting!
A bit eclectic, but it all worked.

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The LArdog scheduled an 8:00 AM arrival at Oakland airport on a Friday morning.
I sat in 2 hours of bay area traffic trying to get there!  He owes me TWO hours of my life!!
Dave L. rolled into town about 10:00 to wait for Gina, so we met him at Cafe Salsa.

Miner Family has an elevator to get to the tasting room.

Some road up Pritchard Hill looking down on Lake Hennessy

 
 Hooked up with Dave & Gina at Spottswoode.  The 2001 is stellar juice!

 

...and at Jaeger/Wolf Family Vineyards in St. Helena with Karen Culler 

 
Took the scenic route to LaSalette in Sonoma Square via Cline.

May FoB del Norte

 
 
At Forman with Margaret.  I told her I had dropped off the Forman list at the 1988 vintage
so she pulled one out of their library wines and opened it!  Beautiful juice!!  Must... resist... must....

 
 
 

At David Arthur

We were on our own on Saturday, so I took the LArdog to the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa.

The pathetically hedonistic LArdog couldn't get the LaSalette Duck Confit outta his mind, so...

 
But Sat. eve was reserved for Chinese take out at B&C's.

And poker...

Note to self:  Don't play Texas Hold 'Em with Debbie.

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