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April 20

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2009

Pickin’ and Grinnin’ - Saveur

 

This article was written by my good friend Tony Poer who works for Meyers Family Cellars. I have been home wine making for many years. I believe this experience is intricate to my wine knowledge and helps me to be a better educator of wine and food. Many of my friends enjoy my creations from my home winery, Dirt Floor Cellars, and as I continue to blog I will share recipes that I create for the latest vintages from DFC.

 

“My wife and I moved to the Napa Valley last fall. Shortly thereafter, I was enlist to take part in an “artisanal grape-demolishing operation” by my friend Richard Haake….”

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April 17

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2009

One of my favorite recipes from my Cakebread Cellars days.

Realizing I am spending too much time working on my new business and not enough time adding to my blog I am going to attempt to add some content that I have developed in the past. I worked as the resident chef for five years at Cakebread Cellars. I cant say enough kind words about the Cakebread family. They are committed to excellence and have a world class culinary program lead by culinary director, Brian Streeter. I learned much of my recipe writing techniques at the winery. It takes a lot of hard work. Here is one my recipes that is on the Cakebread Cellars website, a great source for wine and food recipes.

http://www.cakebread.com/recipes/index.cfm?recipe=SB_ahi_cuc_mango_salad.ht