Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Last week I had the opportunity to meet up with Lori of Dracaena Wines and Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm in Paso Robles. Nothing like six gears and a sundress to play hookey from work and meet up with some blogging friends in real life.  I have been lucky enough to meet up with Wendy in her previous visits to California. But it was a first to meet Lori. I've long been acquainted with her wines, especially as she's helmed #CabFrancDay for one of our wine groups in previous years. Back in 2016, I posted Apple-Braised Duck Legs + Dracaena's Cab Franc  for that event; and I shared  Steak au Poivre et Thé with their 2013 vintage. But it was a special treat to have Lori do a tasting for us at her vineyard and at the crush pad. At the vineyard we walked along the edge of her vines in the Plummer Vineyard. She showed us the two Cabernet Franc clones that comprised their regular Cabernet Franc. Then, pointing in the distance, we saw where the ...

Wine Pairing Weekend - #winePW - happens on the second Saturday of the month. And this month David from  Cooking Chat  is hosting a recap of what we opened for Open That Bottle Night (OTBN)*. Click to read his invitation:  here . If you're reading this early enough, we'll be chatting on twitter, using the hashtag #winePW, on Saturday, March 12th at 11am EST. Cheers! *Note OTBN was on February 27. Today, we’re sharing what we uncorked and what we paired with it. I had never heard of OTBN before last year. The idea is that you open a special bottle that you've been squirreling away for one reason or another. If you've been saving a special bottle for an equally special occasion, here's your excuse! I decided that my special bottle was going to be a wine from Dracaena Wines . Though I've never met Lori and Mike in real life, through our blogosphere connection, I feel as if I know them and have been very protective, read "stingy", with the bottle...