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Let the games begin! Off to California and the Sonoma coast for 8 days of food, wine & fun and you get to hear all about it on this Saturday’s show as well as November 14th. I’ll be doing LIVE shows on both days and look forward to sharing our trip with you.
This show will be coming to you from “Rivers End” an amazing location and perfect place to start our trip.
According to proprietor Bert Rangel “River’s End Restaurant & Inn is perched on a bluff overlooking the mystical Russian River entering the great Pacific Ocean. The vistas are breathtaking and beaches endless. Located one hour and 45 minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge, this haven for lovers of the Sonoma Coast and wine country has been around since 1927. Originally built as a restaurant and inn for the loggers and fisherman; today the River’s End serves guests looking for the ideal romantic dining experience or just searching for renewal in one of our cabins. Our property features the LUXE UNPLUGGED experience, no celll, no internet, no dataports and no New York TImes at your doorstep. We are the ideal place for rediscovery, renewal or just celebrating life. Cheers!” www.ilovesunsets.com
I’ll also be talking to the folks from Fort Ross winery just North of Rivers end and the town of Jenner California.
Fort Ross Vineyard is the closest vineyard to the Pacific Ocean in California. It is the first and only tasting room along the Sonoma Coast in the Fort Ross-Seaview AVA. High on the coastal ridges, the Fort Ross Vineyard produces limited quantities of Estate grown, single vineyard, cool climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinotage. Husband and wife, Lester and Linda Schwartz proprietors of this coastal winery are from South Africa but now have deep roots in California.
The vineyard project began in 1991 with Lester ordering two dozen dormant rootstocks. When these initial plantings proved successful, Linda enrolled in the Viticulture Program at Santa Rosa Junior College in Sonoma County and attended classes at U.C. Davis. Linda discovered she had a green thumb and an affinity for heavy machinery. She bought an old backhoe, a bulldozer and other heavy equipment and, with Lester as the operator, they decided to plant a test vineyard with 16 different varieties, three different trellis systems, assorted clones and different rootstocks. After four years, they concluded that the area was ideal for growing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and in 1994 began installing the first seven vineyard blocks. Fort Ross Vineyard strives to produce wine of purity and elegance that reflects the cool maritime climate and challenging terroir of the steep Sonoma Coast Ridges. www.fortrossvineyard.com
Sommelier Morgan Harris joins us to tell you all about a new TV series starting next week called “Uncorked.” Learn more here!
UNCORKED, a new television show based on the documentary “Somm,” will premiere on the Esquire Network on Tuesday, November 10th at 10/9c. The show follows a group of talented sommeliers (Jack Mason, Yannick Benjamin, Jane Lopes, Dana Gaiser, Josh Nadel, Morgan Harris) as they prepare to take the Master Sommelier exam. Along the way, the 6-episode series is full of passion, drama, excitement and lots, and lots of wine.
Morgan Harris works as a sommelier at the Michelin-starred Aureole restaurant in New York’s Times Square.
November 10th, 10/9 Central no the Esquire Network
Good Life Guy’s WINES of the Week:
The coastal wines of Fort Ross Winery! 🙂
There is a constant flow of information between Winemaker, Jeff Pisoni, and Owners/Vineyard Managers, Lester and Linda Schwartz. Each harvest, the three repeatedly walk the vineyard, carefully taste the grapes from each block and harvest the fruit based upon flavor development.