Celebrating the Tour de France!

It’s July and Le Tour is in full gear.  To celebrate, we decided to merge two loves, cycling and wine (not at the same time).  Throughout the 21 stage tour we are inviting fans to tweetpost or email their predicted stage winner the midnight (PST) before the race.  If you guess the right winner you will qualify to win complementary tastings/tours, shipping deals, special wine pricing or Landmark cash.  Once you have correctly picked the stage winner, you will be entered into a daily drawing.  You can also send us your prediction for Tour winner by July 17th, and earn a chance to win the Grand Prize, a weekend stay in our lovely guest suite!

If you are lucky enough to correctly pick the stage winner more than three times your name will be added to the grand prize drawing.  If the midas touch continues, your chances to win the grand prize increases.  For more details or questions, please contact nick@landmarkwine or (707) 833-0226.

Go Levi!

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Mike in the Vineyard

      After a another cool, wet spring we worried that 2011 might be another tough vintage.  Then about 3 weeks ago the temperature began to rise and the vines right along with it.  We have seen significant growth this June, roughly 2 feet every 2 weeks.  The estate vineyard looks healthy and primed for a banner year.  Today I spent some time walking the rows, and wanted to share the experience with you.  Hope you enjoy, and have a great Forth of July Weekend!

 

 Cheers,

Mike Colhoun, Proprietor        

 

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Flowering at the Estate Vineyard

Thanks to the magnificent heat we are getting here in Sonoma Valley, the vines are flowering and growing at a rapid pace.

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LA Splash Magazine


Landmark Vineyards Review – Glorious Guesthouse amidst the Grapes

by Marilyn Anderson & Dennis L. Lanning

“Imagine having your own beautiful cottage in the middle of a vast winery. Then imagine yourself standing in your own private patio, overlooking gently sloping mountains dotted with rows and rows of bright green grapevines. The vista includes a lush pergola providing a shady place to relax and a picnic area, should you choose to eat outdoors. Nearby, there is a small fish pond, and even your own personal bocce court.”

Click here to read the full article.

Want to stay with us?  Call Jane Rodgers at Landmark (707) 833-0224 to make a reservations.  Rates range from $225-325 per night – includes bottle of Overlook Chardonnay in your room!

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Food & Wine Mentions Landmark

We just received our copy of Food & Wine Magazine in the mail!  And… “Best New Chef” Bryce Gilmore of Barley Swine in Austin, TX shares his Grilled Carrot Salad with Brown Butter Vinaigrette recipe and suggests pairing it with Landmark’s 2008 Damaris Reserve Chardonnay. What an honor!  Every year Food & Wine selects 10 of the most promising new Chefs in the nation  – Thomas Keller won in 1988.

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Cooking with Carol #6

LOBSTER ROLLS
Cold lobster on a Hot Bun

2 2-1/4 pound live lobsters, cooked, meat removed to yield a pound chopped
¼ cup celery cut into a ¼ inch dice
¼ cup mayonnaise (approximately)
¼ teaspoon lemon zest
Salt and pepper
Paprika
4 hot dog rolls (New England style if possible)
Butter

1. In a bowl, blend the lobster meat with the celery, mayonnaise and lemon zest.
Gently mix together and add salt and pepper to taste.

2. Open the hot dog buns flat without separating the two halves. Butter very
generously.

3. Heat a griddle or skillet and swirl in a little butter without burning. Lay the buns
cut side down and place a weight on top of them (a heavy pan will do). Cook
until they are just golden.

4. Immediately fill with the lobster meat, dust with a little paprika and serve. The
buns need to be hot and the lobster cold.

GRILLED COFFEE MARINATED PORK TENDERLOIN
With grilled Cantaloupe

½ cup freshly ground coffee beans
½ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons molasses
¼ cup maple syrup
¼ cup soy sauce
½ teaspoon crushed garlic
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon chipotle hot sauce (Tabasco brand)
1-1/2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
Salt and pepper
2 pork tenderloins (about 3 pounds total)

1. In a blender or food processor, combine all the ingredients except the pork.

Process until almost smooth. Transfer to a plastic resealable bag.

3. Trim excess fat from the tenderloins and remove the silver skin. Add them to the
marinade and reseal bag.

4. Refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours.

5. Heat a barbeque grill. Remove pork from marinade and pat dry. Spray them
with Pam. When the grill is hot lay the tenderloins on it spray side down. Cook
turning often until the meat reaches 130 to 135 degrees with a meat thermometer.
Remove and allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with a salsa of
sweet corn, sugar snaps and chopped tomatoes.

Grilled Cantaloupe
1 whole cantaloupe, rinsed, cut in half, seeded, each half cut into ½ in the thick slices
Honey and cayenne pepper.
1. Grill cantaloupes on 1 side until showing frill marks, about 3 minutes. Remove and
brush with honey and dust with just a little cayenne. Serve with the pork.

SWEET CORN, SUGAR SNAPS AND TOMATO SALSA

3 ears of corn, husked and blanched for 3 minutes
30 sugar snap peas, cut crosswise
2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 small red onion peeled and diced
1 red bell pepper cut in 1-1/2 inch long matchstick strips
1/3 cup olive oil
¼ cup red wine vinegar
¼ cup fresh lime juice
¼ cup fresh oregano chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon cumin
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste

1. Remove the corn from the cob and place in a bowl. Combine the corn with the
peas, tomatoes, red onion and bell pepper and set aside. Can be done up to 8
hours ahead of time. Refrigerate until ready to dress.
2. Combine the remaining ingredients in a glass jar and shake well to combine.

3. Drain any accumulated liquid from the vegetables and toss with the dressing. Let
stand at room temperature for about an hour before serving. If necessary correct
seasoning before serving.

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Caparoso loves our Spring Hill

This past weekend we received rave reviews from Randy Caparoso of Sommelier Journal.   After tasting our pinot noirs at World of Pinot Noir in Monterrey this past weekend, Randy had this to say about our Spring Hill on his blog.

2009 Landmark, Spring Hill (Sonoma Coast, California) – You always gotta rank the most “oh-wow” wine first, don’t you? This was oh-wow because it’s this winery’s first-ever single vineyard bottling from this particular vineyard (located in the heart of the windswept, decidedly cold climate Petaluma Gap) – so newness is a factor here, folks – and because more than any other pinot tasted at WOPN this past weekend, a strawberry-fields-forever varietal fruitiness seemed to burst through velvet textured layers, energized by a vibrant core of zingy acidity and finely flushed tannin. A sheer richness lends a full feel, while sensations remaining fresh, immaculate, primal, electric; while charging discreetly through an obscenely long finish.  (Complete article)

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