Alrighty.

Here’s another photo of my lovely wine in action. (Buy it HERE for a limited time.) This is at the tasting for the Christmas dinner/show show December 15 at the Mission.

Here’s the first draft of the menu. Its gonna change a bit between now and then and a couple wines have changed already but you get the jist:

1st. Basic roasted beet stack on little arugula w chive/spinach goddess.

Schoenfeldt NV cremant d’alsace
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2nd. Smoked pepper Manhatten clam chowder.

Chateau Taylor-Taylor Boca D’Avolo 2010
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3rd. Chili-maple grilled carrots on celeryroot/new potato puree

Chateau Taylor-Taylor Boca D’Avolo 2010
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4th. Braised pork shoulder w molasses/mustard glaze on broccoli cornbread.

Teselli Nero D’Avola 2009
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5th. Bourbon pumpkin bread pudding

Amontillado Sherry 2002

When we finalize it we’ll flesh it out so that ALL of the herbs, oils and whatnot are listed. Again, this is just the big ideas.

Yum.

COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR