Had a remotely guided Wine tasting

sunvalleylaw

sunvalleylaw

Yep.
And it went off great! I am a member of the XOBC wine club. XOBC is the winery founded by Brandi Carlile and her wife, Catherine, formerly the head of charity for Paul McCartney, along with another couple. Its profits go to benefit their Looking Out Foundation, which supports a number of well researched causes with a focus on children, women, and particularly, victims of war. And the wine is good. Done by the head of Rotie winery out of Walla Walla, WA, and primarily in a Rhône style.

Lauren, the VP of distribution, led the night via zoom, while I served wine and food pairings Lauren and I had worked out ahead of time. Grilled pear salad with blueberries, toasted pecans and goat cheese, various cheeses and artisan crackers, pan seared seasoned salmon finished in the oven, a back strap of locally harvested elk smoked with a rub, prepared by my neighbor and attendee, Jeff, and finishing with dark chocolates. The wines in relative order with the food, though there was some mixing and matching, was a Pinot Gris, Rose, Grenache, Syrah, a table blended red, a Cabernet, and a sparkling rose to finish. We popped the Proud bottle pictured, and saved the other bottle with the pink label, which is basically the same wine.



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All of it was really good, and I was proud to have the food come off well, as I have been improving my cooking game, but this was a larger project, and I was concerned about timing and having stuff be in good shape to serve at the right times. But, with a little bit of winging it and staying in the game, I was able to pull it off well. I invited two couples, people we respect and love who have helped to make this Idaho community a great, inclusive place to live, and celebrating that on a bit of a tough news week for Idaho.

And the other couples liked it so much they ended up being collectors too!
 
We participated in a zoom wine thing a few weeks ago, it was a lot of fun. Our financial guy set it up as a client perk thing. They sent a couple bottles of wine in advance. The lady conducting it was very good, and had a lot of enthusiasm, which made it work. Both wines were excellent as well. There wasn't a big food component like your event (which sounds amazing), but I had some cheese, meat and crackers out to go with it all.
 
I was invited to be in one of those by our companies Salesforce rep (c/o Salesforce). But it was at about 2 in the afternoon on a day I had to drive and pick up our step-daughter at school, so it was a hard pass. Kind of a dumb time to have that when most people are going to be at work.

The food sounds excellent as well!
 
Denverdave said:
I was invited to be in one of those by our companies Salesforce rep (c/o Salesforce). But it was at about 2 in the afternoon on a day I had to drive and pick up our step-daughter at school, so it was a hard pass. Kind of a dumb time to have that when most people are going to be at work.

The food sounds excellent as well!
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Yeah, 2pm would not have worked. We had 7 people attending, including my daughter. Everyone was walking home as we are all in the neighborhood, but still.
 
I was surprised how much I enjoyed the Lonely Painter (Joni Mitchell reference with a story behind it) Pinot Gris, which is not one of their more expensive wines, chilled with that salad, and the cheeses, especially the goat cheese on crackers. I am need to get some more for warmer afternoons, etc. for an alternative to a beer. I had long drifted from any white wines years ago. But this was not sweet, and was crisp and refreshing with the food.
 
I like taking a bottle and tasting it until it’s empty. I do appreciate all the events etc. that now make my alcoholism legit for public events.
 
MattheoLee said:
Considering this post is a year old, have you conducted any more virtual tastings recently? Or perhaps ventured into using a wine making kit to brew your own bottles? Would love to hear updates on either front!
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I don't think you understand. SVL is a drone that we control remotely. At this time, the technology is not to the point of making wine.
 
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