What I Drank Last Night – the Bethel Heights Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2008 was perfect with the Chicken Grand Mere at Matisse, a real bistro in mid-town east serving real bistro food like the chicken Grand Mere, the personification of French comfort food. Matisse has a commendably liberal BYOB policy so I took along the Pinot and the two made a perfect pairing.
The tour by Distillery Manager Andy McDonald began at the source, Tarlogie Springs, and ended with a tasting of four … Continue reading…
The sky, grey, the landscape Scottish February bleak but my arrival at GH is all a visiting Sassenach could ask … Continue reading…
What I Drank Last Night – the polished, classy Flora Springs Trilogy 2006, a lush, complex Cab/Merlot/Cab Franc blend that … Continue reading…
A top vintage from Willamette Valley – these 2008 Pinot’s have given me great pleasure this past year, paired with a variety of foods. Fortunately, I have am lucky to have enough in the cellar to go on for years.