A16 Food + Wine by Nate Appleman & Shelley Lindgren
Serious Eats is giving away five (5) copies of A16 Food + Wine by Chef Nate Appleman and Wine Director Shelley Lindgren. It looks like a killer book, and the only requirement is to leave a comment to the question: "What is the most memorable glass of wine you have ever had?"
The list price is $35.00 and Serious Eats calls it a "coffee table-worthy tome". Each recipe is accompanied by a wine pairing. Perfect for those of us who can't decide what to drink with our meals!
I'm especially excited to win this book, so take a number! While most people wrote just a sentence, I wrote a novel. Any less and it wouldn't be me! May the best wine-o win!
My comment?
Shenandoah Vineyards Zinfandel 2004 Paul's Reserve. We were in Amador County, CA a few years back and stopped at one of the prettiest vineyards. We paid our customary fee to get the etched glasses and snuggled up to the wine bar.
We spent a little extra to taste the reserves. This one knocked-our-socks off! It was deep and bold, the jammy fruits went down like honey! "That's it", I said, "Let's buy a bottle!" That was just before the airlines changed their rules on flying with liquids.
We dragged a mix-and-match hodgepodge of 34 bottles home with us...carry-on! We saved that bottle for our anniversary. The aroma was intoxicating when we popped the cork. We let it breathe a bit, poured a sample, swirling and sniffing. We closed our eyes, took that first mouthful and held it in, swishing it around our mouths. All at once, the two of us opened our eyes and oohed and aahed together. The sounds we made as we drank the rest of that bottle most likely sounded vulgar to anyone within earshot, but we didn't care. When the last drip was squeezed from the bottle, we both had a bittersweet moment of sadness. This perfect bottle was gone. We had only brought back only one. To be honest, we really did have moist eyes!
While we were visiting family out-of-state a year and a half later, we found a store that carried wine from the same vineyard. We didn't care what it cost and ordered a case of 12. Each time we open a bottle, we close our eyes and see the vineyard, smell the dusky foliage and dream of Amador County. As I write this, there are still 3 bottles with dust on them, waiting for more memories. That's MY favorite wine moment! Now, where did I put that corkscrew?
The deadline for comments is Monday, Sept, 8. You can read more about the book and find the contest details here. BTW, Serious Eats is the parent site for Photograzing, one of the better food-porn blogs on the web today! AND, they have Cook-The-Book give-aways each week! Put them in your favorites list today!
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