Flight Savor Fare

November Cocktails
Cran-Peartini
2 anjou pear slices
juice of ½ lime
1 oz cranberry juice
1 ½ oz citrus vodka
½ oz triple sec
3 cranberries on cocktail pick for garnish
In mixing glass, muddle pear slices, lime juice and cranberry juice. Add vodka and triple sec. Add ice to tin. Shake well. Double strain into glass, using the [...]

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I’m always quoting Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, wine columnists for the Wall St. Journal, because they are so readable and their advice so on target. Recently, they printed a letter they received from Nathaniel Haines, a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Nathaniel wanted to know how to shop for decent wines on a [...]

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There are times when only a big jug of vino will do…like at a Halloween party where there isn’t much savoring and swirling going on. Where the main course is burgers or chili. Most would drink beer. But what if you prefer wine??
Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, authors of the column, “Tastings” [...]

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Iron Horse Vineyards
The Russian River Valley Pinot Forum invites 60 sommeliers each summer to join 20 wineries to learn what makes the Russian River Valley area of Sonoma County, California, so special for growing grapes and making world class wine. Flight’s sommelier, Nan Jennings, attended last month, and the answer is “Fog.” Napa and [...]

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