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With a little more experience and some good feedback, we recently completed Episode #2 of Cooking with Carol.  For those who missed Episode #1,  Cooking with Carol is a new program that pairs Chef Carol Mason’s signature dishes with wines from our Heritage Wine Society releases.  

Since this is our Summer release, Carol designed a light menu that focuses on fresh produce.  The menu requires little cooking, but it is big on flavor.  The watermelon salad sparkles in your mouth.  The Grilled Tri Trip masterfully combines it’s smokey character with the bright flavors of the Heirloom Tomato and Pepper Relish.

Paired with the Watermelon Salad is the 2008 Rodger’s Creek Chardonnay.  Rodger’s Creek is a new single vineyard bottling for us.  The wine shows a beautiful golden yellow color with distinctive honey and pear fruit expression.  The Tri-Tip is paired with the 2008 Steel Plow Syrah.  This syrah has … Read more »