Nov 22 – Turkey day & Thanksgiving wines
Great to be back in the studio this week and looking forward to talking TURKEY and some fun ideas for Thanksgiving.
Wichita Eagles Denise Neil
Up first is The Wichita Eagles Denise Neil. As I’m sure you know, Denise gets around town and covers everything and anything to do with entertaining and food here in the flat lands. In this day and age (do more with less) she does much more than that at the Wichita Eagle. If you don’t get the paper delivered you owe it to your self to follow Denise on Face Book and check out her blog and articles on www.kansas.com This week as in years past she has put together a comprehensive list of local venues that will be preparing Thanksgiving meals. From gourmet to buffet there is something for everyone if you want to avoid the Kitchen drama and cleanup.
Check out Denise’s Thanksgiving venues here!
Claiborne (Clay) Thompson
Then to continue the FUN I’ll be talking to Clay Thompson co-founder of Claiborne & Churchill winery in California’s Edna Valley Appellation.
Claiborne & Churchill is a small, family owned and operated winery, founded in 1983 and located in the heart of the Edna Valley, just outside San Luis Obispo, California. Inspired by the wines of Alsace, we specialize in premium dry wines made from Riesling, Gewürztraminer, and Pinot Gris grapes, as well as handcrafted Pinot Noir from several nearby vineyards. We also produce small lots of other wines, including a Pinot Blanc, Dry Muscat, Chardonnay, Dry Rosé, Syrah, Malbec, and a Port-style wine.
“Since our first harvest in 1983 we have always focused upon producing fruity but dry wines reminiscent of those from the French province of Alsace. Our two signature wines in this style are the Dry Riesling and the Dry Gewürztraminer.”
“The other noble grapes of Alsace also find a home in our wine production, (we produce a modest amount of Pinot Gris, Dry Muscat, and a proprietary blend called Edelzwicker.) Like the Riesling and Gewürztraminer, these are all bottled in the classic tall, green Alsatian flûte bottles.”
Good Life Guy’s Wines of the Week…perfect for the Thanksgiving table…
The wines of Claiborne & Churchill
When: Thursday, November 13, 5:30pm – 9:00pm
Rick Rodgers is an award-winning cookbook author and cooking teacher and the writer of more than forty cookbooks on subjects from baking to grilling and more. Rodgers often works behind the scenes as a recipe tester, co-author, and consultant on cookbooks by other authors, including Lilly Pulitzer and Sarabeth Levine of Sarabeth’s Bakery. He has also written corporate cookbooks for clients such as Kingsford Charcoal and Sur La Table, as well as many titles for Williams-Sonoma. Rodgers’s recipes have appeared in Bon Appétit, Cooking Light, Men’s Health, Food and Wine, and Fine Cooking, among other magazines. He has received Bon Appétit Magazine’s Food and Entertaining Award as Outstanding Cooking Teacher and an IACP Cookbook Award for The Chelsea Market Cookbook. Rick Rodgers has been guest chef on all of the national morning shows. 
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oast Pinot Noir is a darkly colored Pinot Noir. It possesses strong red and black fruit flavors, but underlying these fruit flavors are the forest floor and herbal nuances we’ve come to expect from the Coast. The wine is big, but not unduly heavy, and should only improve and become more complex with several years in a cool cellar.
