Slovenia National Anthem

Slovenia’s national anthem is called “The Toast”, and below are the first stanza and the last two lines.

Anew the vines have fruited
And borne, my good friends, sweet wine
To charge our blood diluted,
To clear our heart, our eye define,
To suppress
All distress
And waken hope in saddened breast.

And last, my friends, come hither,
Let’s raise unto ourselves a toast!

Excuse me...the Star Spangled Banner is about WAR! I like this. Hmmm.lets find a photo of a bottle of wine... or maybe a vineyard, say Navarro, in the Anderson Valley. One of my favs.

First Zucchini Blossoms of the Summer

Dinner with Uwe and Robert is always magical.

First you start with the blossoms...fresh from the garden....flour

And fry...and salt .....and eat.

We had Sauvignon Blanc from Italy

And follow that with the world's best Chicken Pot Pie.

I eat at Uwe's house several times a week. Guess why...He's my BROTHER.

With this we had 2007 Bryon Pinot Noir from Santa Maria Valley. I loved the wine, they did not. Too extracted, too much color. Not delicate enough. They thought it was too "masculine", I thought it was very California and tasty tho a bit jammy. Is that feminine?

Have you ever thought of wine as "masculine" or feminine? Is that a wine country silly thing? Think about it the next time you have a glass of wine. let me know. maybe I've been here too long...

Or perhaps I should ponder it over another glass of wine...

guest post w/ ally

hi, this is ally!

here is a video of olive playing basketball this morning.



below is a video of her getting tired.



the end.

Scott sleeps...we eat and drink

Phelps lush..tannic...wonderful fruit, acidity, finish...great dinner wine-and age worthy

cherries are ripe now...remind me of Pinot Noir from Russian River...

life is just a bowl of cherries...n'est-ce-pas?

a grey morning

calls for some mimosas and fresh fruit.