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Get Your Wine Tasting Fix

by Farley

Get your wine fun going in the East Bay with this week’s tasting menu at Rosenblum…Rosenblum Cellars wine tasting

Complimentary Tasting

White & Rosé
2005 Rosé, North Coast, Appellation Series $6 (amazingly low final price!)
Get the turkey ready for these bright cherries, raspberries, and strawberries that interlock with rhubarb and lemon

2005 Roussanne, Santa Barbara, Appellation Series $18
Stroll down a stony path lined with pineapple plants,
through orchards of peach, pear and apple trees, as honey bees buzz about

Reds
2005 Pinot Noir, Lone Oak Vineyard, Russian River Valley $22 ON SALE from $28
Run through strawberry fields until you’re almost exhausted, then refresh yourself with a cherry vanilla cola and candied figs

2005 Zinfandel, Richard Sauret, Paso Robles $25
Dive off a slice of cherry pie
into a pool of decadently rich raspberry and blackberry jam

2005 Syrah, England-Shaw Vineyard, Solano County $35
Set the fireplace ablaze
while the fig, plum, and walnut kuchen (German for cake) bakes in the oven

*Reserve Flight - $5.00 *
2005 Zinfandel, Annette’s Reserve, Redwood Valley $35
Westside Story retold with the Fruits vs. Spices
Blueberry, cherry, & huckleberry dance against cinnamon, clove, & star anise

2005 Zinfandel, Maggie’s Reserve, Sonoma Valley $45
Take your pick of raspberry, blueberry or plum scones
with a hot cup of black tea

2005 Zinfandel, Monte Rosso Reserve, Sonoma Valley $45
All that’s best about blackberry cobbler
with a scoop of vanilla ice cream melting over the top

Normally the menu runs Friday to Thursday, but with Open House coming up Saturday and the preparations
which will be needed, it may stay through until Tuesday. Not making promises either way….

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