Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Gwendolyn of Wine Predator is hosting the French Winophiles this month as we explore the organic wines of the Loire. You can read her invitation  here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join our live Twitter chat on Saturday, April 17th at 8am Pacific. Just follow the hashtag #Winophiles. And be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it in the stream. Cheers! Here's what the French Winophiles are sharing on the subject of organic wines of the Loire. Susannah Gold brings Vouvray – A Wine In Many Styles to  Avvinare. Nicole Ruiz Hudson does Cooking to the Wine: Domaine Huet Vouvray Clos du Bourg Moelleux & Pork Tenderloin with Citrus Gastrique on Somm's Table. Jane Niemeyer suggests Tasting and Pairing LoireValley Wines on Always Ravenous  Linda Whipple shares Organic Muscadet and Must-Have Oysters at My Full Wine Glass  Terri Steffes invites you to A Tasty Dance: Red Beans and Rice with Les Parcelles Mark Dup...

The month, the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers are looking at Cabernet Franc Around the World with Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm leading the discussion. You can read her invitation  here .  If you are reading this soon enough, feel free to join the Wine Pairing Weekend live Twitter chat on Saturday, December 12th at 8am Pacific. Just follow the hashtag #WinePW and be sure to add that to anything you post so we can see your tweets. In the meantime, all of these will go live before Saturday morning. Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Honey-Lemon-Sesame Drizzled Plancha'd Veggies + Garzón 2018 Reserva Cabernet Franc A Day in the Life on the Farm: Hungarian Short Ribs Paired with Dracaena Cab Franc The Quirky Cork: Francly Turkish! Turkish Cab Franc & Lamb Chops Grape Experiences: Crush On Cabernet Franc! Crushed Grape Chronicles: Cab Franc - Sailing the Loire with a Pirate Princess Exploring the Wine Glass: Championing for Cabernet Franc; The True Underdog Cooking C...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the  #CabFrancDay   event sponsors. Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own.   I received two bottles of the 2015 Cabernet Franc from Shale Canyon* in preparation for this #CabFrancDay event. Had we not been in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, I would have poured them for two of my best friends' birthday dinner. More on that soon; first a bit about this event, #CabFrancDay. Celebrating Cabernet Franc The idea of this event - #CabFrancDay - is to celebrate the Cabernet Franc grape and show that it's more than a blending grape. You can read what Lori of  Exploring the Wine Glass  posted about  supporting Cab Franc Day . She also shared why she picked December the 4th. "Cabernet Franc is believed to have been established in the Libournais region of southwest France sometime in the 17th century, when ...

  This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with a virtual wine tasting event hosted by  Snooth for Lodi Wines.  Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. You can read about the virtual tasting in which I participated in my  Malfatti di Ricotta con Basilico e Gamberi Agli Agrumi  post. But, basically, I received six different bottles of wine from Lodi to explore and pair. This Michael David Winery 2016 Ink Blot Cabernet Franc was the last in the line-up and I was eager to try it because I have had spotty luck with Cab Francs in the past. Here's my recent experience comparing the reserve and non-reserve 2016 Ironstone Cabernet Franc . But, described as dark, rich, and decadent by the panel and the winemaker, it definitely seemed up my palate-alley. In My Glass This is the first Lodi Cabernet Franc ever produced by the Michael David Winery and one of the few Cab Francs produced in Lodi at ...

For March's Wine Pairing Weekend, Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm is hosting us. She's prompted us to explore Cabernet Franc from Around the World; read her invitation  here . The Varietal I'll be frank: Cabernet Franc isn't a varietal that usually grabs me. I don't know why. I have done entire dinners around it and I try to like it! I really, really do. Back in 2016, this was my menu and wine pairing... Cab Franc-Friendly Cheese Plate: Port Salut + Gorgonzola Grilled Baguette and Warmed Olives paired with Maquis Cabernet Franc 2012 Cabernet Franc from Colchagua Valley, Rapel Valley, Chile Coffee-Rubbed Prime Rib Cast Iron-Seared Pork Chops Pickled Apples paired with Raats Cabernet Franc 2012 Cabernet Franc from South Africa Cab Franc Brownies with Drunken Cranberries Brown Butter Pecan Pie with Espresso Dates paired with Lang & Reed Cabernet Franc 2013 Cabernet Franc from North Coast, California I cooked, I p...

In preparation for an upcoming the Cabernet Franc event for Wine Pairing Weekend crew, I got ahold of three bottles of Cab Franc and took two over to a dinner party. You'll hear about that tasting next month, but the third bottle I kept for my own table. And, on a stormy evening this weekend, Jake and I paired it with some tea and pepper-crusted filet mignons. In My Glass Martian Ranch & Vineyard is a biodynamically farmed vineyard in Santa Barbara County. Created by Nan Helgeland in Los Alamos, California, the name is a blending of her sons' names, Martin and Ian. I was able to track down a bottle of their sold-out 2014 Cabernet Franc. Helgeland has a drive to find a plot of land best suited for each specific varietal. Here's the 'Martian's eye view' of her vineyard...the Cab Franc is cultivated in plot 08. from martianvineyard.com In the glass, the wine is inky, almost black. On the nose, I get aromas of cherries with a hin...