Sunday Dinner

After church I cooked chicken marsala with pasta and parmesan. We decided to open one of our wine club bottles, Lava Cap 2005 Reserve Barbera. The Barbera had deep berry flavors with a hint of spice. I call it a lush flavor.

Student Lunch – we received 3 bottles of wine…wow!

We opened Red Diamond Merlot 2004. It’s a good wine at a very low cost.

Nice smooth Merlot

Merlot is king in Washington state, where it’s considered the crown jewel of red grapes. That’s why we call our wine Red Diamond. It’s a shining example of cordially tended fruit gently made into a polished wine with softly spiced black cherry, berry & plum flavors. And like a diamond, a Merlot goes with everything.

Easter

Just our family enjoyed Easter together. Steve cooked chucker stuffed with jalapeno and cream cheese, wrapped with bacon. We also ate roasted rosemary potatoes, potato & strawberry salad and asparagus covered in dressing and crumb topping.

Our favorite wine during our Walla Walla visit was Sapolil Shiraz so we shared it today. It was a Shiraz 2005…deep berry flavors with a charcoal that lingers. Yummy!

Passover Meal

Tonight we celebrated Passover a bit late. Today is Good Friday so we attended our Good Friday service. Then, we returned home for a nice meal including roasted chicken (with onions under the breast skin), potato latkes, charoset.

We enjoyed Lava Cap Chardonnay Reserve, one of my favorite chardonnay wines. It is quite smooth and buttery as usual.