Wine Seminar & Lazy Dog

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Total Wine which is the "walmart" of wines has seminars on wine. This was a first time for me and I will say it was very informative and fun. This was a seminar of Bordeaux and since we were a group of 12 we paid $20 a person. Not bad for two hours of lecture, 10 wines and nibblies. I did purchase a couple of bottles because of the discount we received tonight.

This seminar was just as good as the ones I have attended at Wine Country for a much higher price. Yes some of Wine Country's  wines are higher priced but not that much more. I found the information given tonight was superior to what I have had at some of the other seminars I have gone to.

Eight of us had dinner at the Lazy Dog which was near the wine store. Noisy place but we had a nice long table in front of the fireplace.

I ordered the culotte steak medium rare. It was a lot closer to medium than rare. Next time I will know to order rare. Decent flavor. Set on a bed of mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach. Several others ordered the flat iron steak, a couple of burgers were ordered and a glazed salmon dish. Everyone was pleased with their selection.

Their is no corkage at the Lazy Dog if they do not have the wine on their list. We had no problem with that. Their wine list tends toward the inexpensive wines.

We always have a wide assortment. Tonight we had:

2008 Stolpmans Ruebens Block Syrah ( at his prime right now)
2008 McKeon Philips BPR Cabernet Sauvignon
nv    Nicholas Feuillutte Champagne (Air Frances House Champagne)
2007 Turley Rattlesnake Ridge Zinfandel
2009 Bergstrom Cummberland Pinot Noir
2007 Starlane Happy Canyon Bordeaux Blend
2009 Pear Valley Chadonnay
2005 Tobin James , James Gang Reserve Temparnillo
2007 Halter Ranch Viognier