June's Gatherthing of The Flock

Sunday, June 31, 2012 (July 1)

This months theme was bring a bottle of your favorite wine of a wine you are enjoying right now. Expensive or not. As you can expect it was a real mish mash of wines and values.  Some of the wines were really good but I would say the majority of them were pulled off shelves randomly. They ranged from Napa to Temecula to Europe. Two bubblies, eight white and 10 reds.

The host made Paella. I think the flavor would have really good if he had not burned the bottom the rice. By that I mean is was black black. That burnt taste saturated the entire dish and really threw me off. Which was too bad because the dish would have tasted good. But I do not think that Remy has any competition here. Her Paella is always outstanding.

The weather was perfect for June and the event was held outside which made it quite pleasant. Lots of appetizers and desserts. The Margarita cheesecake that Judy made was excellent.

Next month (July) off to William & Patte's for Greek Wines with Greek food. That will be interesting to see if there are and if so, how many duplicates of wine are brought. Most wine stores carry about the same labels. I will have to go way out of town to try and find something different.