Wine Tasting - The Sense of Touch
Touch is an important category of taste sensation. This is where we try to feel the wine on the palate. Here we seek to find impressions of such things as texture, body, temperature, and astringency. The aftertaste, finish, and length of a wine are all things we feel on our palate. We are looking for how the wine feels in weight (light, medium, full) and texture (silky, coarse, velvety). Try to observe how long the sensations last in your mouth. Most will tell you the longer it lasts, the better the wine!
Locals - A Collective Tasting Room
Come visit us at Locals located at the gateway to Alexander Valley in the once sleepy hamlet of Geyserville. Locals is a collective tasting room featuring the wines of 6 local boutique wineries. Taste over 30 unique wines from talented and noted neighborhood winemakers. These are small-scale producers making premium quality and hard to find award-winning wines.
While sampling these unique selections, discover the works of area black and white photographers, listen to music from local Sonoma Country musicians and be intrigued by Locals whimsical collection of art moderne wine accessories. It all combines to create an eclectic and tasty environment.
www.tastelocalwines.com
707.857.4900
yummy@tastelocalwines.com
Honey Barbecued Quail Salad
Recipe courtesy of Napa Valley Grille, Yountville, CA
Honey BBQ Sauce
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chipotle in adobo pureed
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup butter
1 T salt
*Combine all ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes
*Grill quail for 15 minutes glazing with BBQ sauce
every 5 minutes
Salad
1 bunch of arugula
1 head butter lettuce
1 heart of celery (center stalks that have leaves)
Juice of 2 lemons and 3T. olive oil
*cut lettuce and arugula into ribbons
*slice stalks of celery into thin pieces on the bias
*pick leaves from celery
*mix together
*dress with lemon and olive oil, season with salt and pepper
