Shish Kabobs and Cabernet
Last week was a night for sitting outside at The Villa, having a quickly-made, long-enjoyed dinner with friends. The grill worked overtime for shish kabobs with spicy chicken, tasty tri-tip using the fancy box of salts, mushrooms, onions, and tomatoes. The cellar rat piled all the ingredients on one large platter so we could fill our plates. It’s hard to beat a meal that tastes so good and takes so little effort to make. Yum.
The wine I decanted while the boys grilled was the 2003 Martella Heart Arrow Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon. Michael had given me the bottle earlier that day–a gift I was excited to receive as that’s one of my favorite Martella wines. Though I’m not sure Micahel appreciated my first impressions of the nose. I told him the next day the first thing I got upon inhaling the heady scent of the wine was Ben and Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream. “Not very Cab-like,” he said. “Delicious, nonetheless,” I replied.
2003 Martella Heart Arrow Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Ben and Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream




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