April 16 - May 6, 2017 
April 16 - May 6, 2017  |
Monday April 17, 2017 It is always interesting when Pat comes home after a week........many things to discuss. As some of you know she does a better job than I, being nice to customers who have problems with our shipping. From what we have heard, both FedEx and UPS have issues. I prefer UPS, but we us FedEX because they were our only choice back 10 years ago. UPS back then would not ship wine SO now they say they will!! We tried to use them last year and found we could not generate their labels so we could not ship. Our FedEx reps are OK but I prefer UPS for my delivery packages from many a week by Amazon!! I love Amazon, and have you seen the stock? OK, I will have a different time tomorrow and the next day....... Now I am set for tomorrow? I will be here all day preparing for my Colonoscopy on Wednesday, easy. I will drinking tequila and Coffaro wine on Wednesday evening after the start of the shaft..........at 12:30. 5PM I am home by 3 then I will have fun on Wednesday night. I have no Idea what I will want, but maybe for a long time I will make me a Lamb burger with a lot of cheese on it. This is a long one....maybe later but I had French Onion Soup to night........... 8:30 Pm: Yes i made French onion soup mostly from Julia's recipes from many books of hers. I was happy tonight but I wanted more onions..............So the best part of the recipe is making a beef or other strong fowl or meat sauce and take 2 hours. I have for several years made my own strong stock by using mostly uneaten bones from our dinner. Seriously some may not approve BUT Even if some bones have been used that night they will be boiled and simmered for 10 hours at the least. So I have many times done this reduction and now I have plenty for Brad and Dri. Brad's Birthday is April 25. They will be here on the 24th and 25th. We will have pizza one night and French Onion Soup variation by Coffaro the other night........... so like I said I do this reduction stock to extreme concentration. I even gave a taste to Catarino who prefers his food to mine, as we have traded over the years........actually he loved this reduction, Julia called it essence, I think........ So tonight Pat and I tried out this soup to see if it would work for Brad. Brad is tough, he like, I am, love what we do, cooking!!! so every 6 months we have to have a pizza judging contest and Pat and Dri love both pizzas and Brad and I judge. He always prefers his which is fine and I like his also............. So to get back to this soup tonight. I only had bread from my nice visit with Vivien yesterday. Pat provided a potato salad and Ham for sandwiches. as most of you know My Mother is 95 and doing well now........So this bread Pat had purchased yesterday was light nice French but not dense. On my plate I decided to double up on these nice cheese, olive oil crisp pieces of bread I kept at 325 degrees for 35 minutes, Seriously, they were nice by them self. I was not happy with the amount of onions like I said so I reduced the soup to concentrate the onions in a smaller amount but it also concentrated the reduction stock. We both were over whelmed and could not finish all of our bowls, probably we only consumed 3 cups together........ I can't have this left over soup tomorrow. Tomorrow I am not allowed anything but clear liquids until 5 when I have to have the concoction of awful stuff. I will survive........... Wednesday April 19, 2017 The Day 8: 00Pm: I survived!! I had no POLYPS. I had polyps in 2007 and 2012, now after 5 more years they wanted to make sure I do not have polyps which have to be removed. I drink more Tequila now so that is why I had none this time so................The Polyp doctor said he will not see me again. I guess I will be around for awhile if I don't get something else....... Jose took me down and picked me up and we had a nice conversation, we talked all the way down and back. All my employees are great so it was nice to be with Jose one on one........... So I just got back from my espresso after a few days AND. Trying to be nice and mellow and it is pouring down rain again. but it may be better NOW, they, the rain gods, had predicted many days in a row, rain and but now it looks like we are getting a small amount of a short time tonight and then we are ready for Spring, but around here, Spring can tern to Summer quickly. It is amazing these vines have not grown for two weeks, it is time for growth......yes prediction is hot weather now........... Friday April 21, 2017 9:15 Pm: I have not had a Heineken for months, like I have said some people don't like the smell. I like it so I am happy with less alcohol this late in the night, I am guessing less that 5% SO I like less alcohol late in the night........... Josh lost his last girlfriend, LIA. I even was nice to her: I said she should hear Roy Orbison's LIA. She did not know the song. So I figured she was cool?......... So Lia is gone and Josh has a new girlfriend so he is back, after several weeks of looking for a separate place to stay. As we know it is cheaper by the pair so let's hope it works out........ I had an interesting idea yesterday after hearing some one bottled a still wine in a crown cap, like beer cap like we have done since 2004. I thought of something along time ago.......... Back in about mid eighties so it is hard to remember this thing that just popped in my mind, I know this time it is because it made an impression for a small time one day....... I was up at Fritz Winery and had to check out where I would deliver my Sauvignon Blanc Grapes to them. I was only a Grape Grower then, not promoting my own wine, and this guy I had not seen before comes in and says he has the answer to preserve wine for ever........... As an armature wine maker and someone who was interested in making wine to sell, this guy was interesting. Back then I had no money in the bank. I was borrowing a lot of money on my property so I owed about 200 plus thousand......... So this guy said he could preserve wine by keeping it at 40 degrees and pull a bottle out when we needed it and have a perfect example of what that wine was, like from that very Harvest. All Harvests are different so WE, several in the Fritz office........looked at him: Nice idea BUT we were trying to make wine in a new vintage every year and the past is not what we want......... So I saw a short note that someone bottled a wine in a crown cap, well we have done that since 2009 with our sparkling wine. Crown caps have been used mostly for beer and they keep the carbonation in. Now if we bottled a wine, red or white in a crown cap and kept the wine at 40 degrees or any temperature, would the wine age? Tuesday April 25, 2017 In July and next January, Josh and I have decided to seal a small amount of our Red and even white wine in crown cap to see how they develop over time........ |
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