pinkwik » Food http://www.pinkwik.com It's just me and the thoughts in my head..... Wed, 26 May 2010 02:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sunriver Wine Festival http://www.pinkwik.com/2009/07/28/sunriver-wine-festival/ http://www.pinkwik.com/2009/07/28/sunriver-wine-festival/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:04:36 +0000 Laura Lynn http://www.pinkwik.com/?p=37 Attended the Sunriver Wine Festival over the weekend, and sampled a number of very good Oregon wines.
There were about 25 or so Oregon wineries and 7 out-of-state wineries. I can’t honestly say we made it to every table, because I’m sure I skipped some towards the end of the tasting festivities, but I did find a few favorites that I must share.
Great wines to try would be from Vitis Ridge in Silverton Oregon- they had a very good Marechal Foch and a wonderful Cabernet.
Pheasant Valley is a winery I visited last year and their Cabernet Sauvignon is still my favorite along with their Tempranillo.
Syrah is still one of my favorite red wines and I found a wonderful one at Nobel Estate in Eugene. They were serving their 2007 Syrah Reserve which won a silver this year in Canby Oregon. This Syrah was awesome!
But I would have to say, that the most fun part my day was spent at the Naked Winery table. They were doing entire flights…9 wines for $7.00 and included a Naked Winery wine glass ..this flight was a large flight with both reds and whites.

With racey names like Foreplay, Naughty, Naked and Missionary (only among a few names) and provacative descriptions on the back of the bottle, these wines are sure to get a lot of lip service and maybe more action.. if they’re lucky!

All in all, it was a great day even with the hot sun beating down on us. I had a great time seeing all the wineries in attendance. I dont think I realized how many wineries are in Oregon, but now I am thinking I need to plan a romantic weekend wine tasting getaway.

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I had the idea when we were in Texas over a year ago. I had never had a tamale in my life, but we had some very yummy ones while we were there visiting his family. So, when we came back home I said we needed to find a good recipe and try to make some tamales of our own. The first time we tried making tamales, it took ALL DAY! I think we just needed to find our groove, because when we made them just recently, it didn’t take quite as long.

Anyway- We put it all on the web for other people to look at and use the recipe too- check out www.makingtamales.com

 You have to try them! They’re sooooo yummy!

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