Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  This month - the 8th annual, in fact - the Wine Pairing Weekend group is celebrating a month of Merlot. You can read Jeff of Food Wine Click! 's invitation: here . That post also includes a recap of all our years from 2015 to 2021. So, if you are needing any Merlot pairing inspiration this month, we have you covered. And I can't wait to see what this year brings. Jeff has also asked us to add a focus on sustainability as that has been a recurring theme in our wine groups recently. If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join our live chat on Twitter on Saturday, October 8th at 8am Pacific. Follow the hashtag #WinePW along with #MerlotME. And be sure to add those to anything you tweet so we can see it.  Here's the 2022 line-up of the #WinePW posts for #MerlotME... Wendy from A Day in the Life on the Farm shares Merlot: Smooth, Savory and Sustainable . Cindy at Grape Experiences shares Comfort Food and Wines for Fall: Savory Slow Cooker Chicken and Classic Merlo...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf Cuda Ridge Wines, one of the #MerlotMe event sponsors.  Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own. The month of Merlot begins now! When #MerlotME rolls around, I always have a nice selection of bottles to pair. And since I have always loved pairing mushrooms with Merlot - and because my mushroom-averse child is off at college and unable to ruin my mushroom dishes with his eye-rolling and complaining - I decided to put mushrooms on the tables as often as I'd like. Here continues my parade of Merlot + Mushroom pairings for #MerlotME 2022! I have already shared my Three Mushroom Pâté + J. Lohr 2020 Los Osos Merlot . 2018 Cuda Ridge Merlot This year I received a bottle of Merlot from new-to-me Cuda Ridge Wines. And I was delighted to try a wine from Livermore Valley. Though it's not that far from where I am in California I rarely have win...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf J. Lohr Vineyards, one of the #MerlotMe event sponsors.  Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own. Let the month of Merlot commence! When #MerlotME rolls around, I always have a nice selection of bottles to pair. Because I have always loved pairing mushrooms with Merlot - and because my mushroom-averse child is off at college and unable to ruin my mushroom dishes with his eye-rolling and complaining - I decided to make a Mushroom Pâté with three different mushrooms to go with the 2020 J. Lohr Merlot from Paso Robles. Here begins my parade of Merlot + Mushroom pairings for #MerlotME 2022! J. Lohr 2020 Los Osos Merlot Though this wine is from the Paso Robles AVA, San Luis Obispo County, Jerry Lohr has ties to my neck of the woods. Lohn first planted grapes in Monterey's Arroyo Seco district in the 1970s. Then he saw potential in the Pa...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of L'Ecole .  Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own.     If you're been following my blog, you'll know that I'm doing a series of monthly posts in collaboration with  L'Ecole Winery .* A group of us participate in a virtual tasting with their marketing manager, the winemaker, and the general manager and discuss timely topics. This month, we are talking about #MerlotMe month and pouring two of their Merlots. L'Ecole's Columbia Valley Merlot This will be the first wine I'm sharing that wasn't really poured as part of a pairing. I was sent two Merlots from L'Ecole, both the same vintage: the  2018 Columbia Valley Merlot  (their Heritage label) and the 2018 Walla Walla (their Estate label). The Columbia Valley is blended from four different AVAs - Walla Walla Valley, Candy Mountain, White Bluffs (pending...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the #MerlotMe event sponsors.  Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own. It's October. Do you know what that means? It's the time of year when bottles of Merlot start arriving at my door for #MerlotMe. The Wine Pairing Weekend  - #WinePW - crew has been participating in this online celebration of the Merlot grape for the past several years. So, once again, October's Wine Pairing Weekend collides with the event. Jeff of  Food Wine Click!  invited us to jump on the #MerlotMe bandwagon with him again this year.  Welcome to year seven! The MerlotMe  website  encourages wine lovers to "celebrate the greatness of Merlot throughout the month of October." So, we are. In addition, all of the #winePW bloggers were offered bottles of Merlot to try, taste, and pair for this event. Complimentary wine? You bet...