Thanksgiving Pairing: Maple Bacon Roasted Turkey and Chardonnay

My favorite bird!  Spoil yourself on Thanksgiving with turkey wrapped in bacon and Gary Farrell Chardonnay. We make this turkey every year and it is the best. Try the recipe on Thanksgiving and you'll be in heaven!  I am blessed an thankful to have such wonderful friends and family. Cheers!

Holiday Wine Guide

The holiday season is here and you need wine. Whether it is pairing your feast or a great wine to bring to a holiday bash, we've got you covered. Dashing through the snow, sipping red, white and Rosé, to the parties we'll go, laughing all the way!

Perfect Pair: Potato Gratin and Chardonnay

Love these potatoes! I know a lot of people like mashed for Thanksgiving, but these are better.  This recipe was featured in the Capital Cooking Cookbook.  

Uncorked: Top 3 Spring Whites

Spring is a great time to sip wine. The weather starts to feel a little nicer; the trees start blooming; the air smells fresh.

Wines in the time of Quarantine

These frightening times may make perusing wine lists seem like a quaint pleasure of days gone by. But it is also important that we maintain our sanity and composure during tough times, and there has never been a time in our collective lives when we have needed to do that more. As Lord Byron said, "Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil." So perhaps you should gift one of the following to your favorite healthcare worker, grocery store clerk, or delivery person the next time you see them:

Uncorked: A New Wine Just in Time for Summer Picnics

Have you tried the 2018 Kendall-Jackson Avant?  This wine is fully unoaked and cold-fermented in 100% stainless steel.  Avant captures the purest expression of the Chardonnay grape.  This is perfect for summer picnics.

Best Bubbles for Valentine's Day

Champagne PIPER-HEIDSIECK Cuvée Brut and its bold Rosé Sauvage.  I love the full body and distinct elegance.  Both have 90+ wine scores from Wine Spectator.

Fabulous Wines for the Holidays

The holiday season is here and you need wine.  Whether it is pairing your feast or a great wine to bring to a holiday bash, we've got you covered.  Dashing through the snow, sipping red, white and Rosé, to the parties we'll go, laughing all the way!

A Thanksgiving Menu for a Small Crowd with Wine Pairings

One year my family was set to come to town, but couldn't at the last minute.  We didn't want to make a whole turkey for the two of us (at the time), but we wanted the Thanksgiving flavors.  I came up with this menu so we could get a little taste of turkey and all the yummy sides.  Enjoy!

Uncorked: Wine for Halloween

Are you looking for some wine to put in the thermos for trick-or-treating?  Enter the Velvet Devil Merlot and Eve Chardonnay, two wines with personalities fit for Halloween.  These two wines have great price points.

Uncorked: Wine for Women Equality

Women are more engaged, energized and resolute than ever. All eyes are on the future, and women (and like-minded men) are rallying for women’s empowerment and advancement. In their honor, emBRAZEN, a new set of California wines launched on Women’s Equality Day (the anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote), and hope you will join us in nominating female trailblazers as part of emBRAZEN’s Take Up The Torch initiative which will grant one woman $25,000 in support of her cause.

Uncorked: Top 6 White Wines to Sip this Summer

Tenshen White

I like a glass of white wine after a long day. During the summer, I love to sit in my backyard and pour something tasty. Here are some of my favorite whites to try:

Top 6 Summer Rosé Wines

Are you like me and just can't get enough of Rosé in the summer? There is nothing better than coming home after a long day and sipping a glass of Rosé. With extra time, you can even make Frosé, but just use the cheap stuff for that. Here are some of my favorite Rosés to sip outside. 

Happy National Chardonnay Day!

Join the #Chardonnation by tasting two new wines for National Chardonnay Day.