• Zarzuela de Mariscos - Seafood Stew
• Patatas con Mojo Verde - Potatoes with Green Sauce
• Col Rizada con Pasas y Pinones - Kale with Raisins & Pine Nuts

The mid-winter bottling party for our Frambelle raspberry dessert wine had more helpers than ever before! We served them this Spanish menu featured a warming stew of regional seafoods, potatoes with a bright sauce, and Mediterranean greens. The foods paired magnificently with our 2009 Melon de Bourgogne.

• Koushari
• Ye'abesha Gomen
• Groundnut Stew

For our 2010 Müller Thurgau bottling party, we chose to push the food pairing envelope with vegan African dishes matched with the very young wine that we had just bottled. This harvest produced a slightly less tart wine with a notably grassy nose that worked well with the eclectic cuisine.

• Grilled Artichoke

This fingerlicious spring recipe was served at a private dinner party along with fresh in-shell Hood Canal Spot Shrimp and sun-dried tomato rosemary garlic bread, accompanied by our 2009 Melon de Bourgogne.

• Chicken with Porcini & Madeira Cream Sauce
• Broccoli with Roasted Red Pepper & Caramelized Shallots
• Orange Rice

Since we completed bottling our 2010 Frambelle raspberry dessert wine the previous day, we modified our lunch plans to feature a vertical tasting of our 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Müller Thurgau to accompany the menu.

• Bouillinade
• Spanish Nettle Pesto
• Romesco Sauce

When we bottled 120 cases of our 2010 Frambelle raspberry dessert wine, we served Bouillinade - a close cousin to Bouillabaisse - accompanied by a seasonal Spanish Nettle Pesto and Romesco Sauce with baguette slices, matched with our 2009 Melon de Bourgogne.

This flavorful and rich recipe features our 2009 Frambelle raspberry dessert wine in a savory way. Accompany it with all the traditional holiday side dishes.

We created 2 very disparate menus for the bottling of our 2009 vintages and paired both with our 2008 Müller Thurgau. The first menu for Saturday honored the German roots of the varietal with a German, Tyrollean and Swiss combination. On Sunday we chose to push the wine's spicy pairing envelope with Indian cuisine.

• Truffled Macaroni & Cheese with Caramelized Onions
• Grilled Aspargus & Spring Onions

For the spring bottling of our 2009 Frambelle raspberry dessert wine, we served this decadent main course with a light but flavorful course of vegetables, and paired it with our 2008 Müller Thurgau.

A little bit spring, a little bit locavore, this recipe was created for the Puget Sound Fresh program. It features our newly released 2008 Melon de Bourgogne.

A wonderful Valentine's day recipe, featuring our newly released 2009 Frambelle raspberry dessert wine. Add Potatoes Au Gratin and oven roasted asparagus, followed by more Frambelle, hazelnut truffles, and candlelight...

• Pong Pong Chicken
• Udon Shiitake Salad
• Broccoli Stem Salad

This was our main harvest this year. After a warm fall, both the Müller Thurgau and the Melon de Bourgogne were ready at the same time, making for a long & productive weekend. The menu was a bit of a test, pairing our wines with light but more exotic & spicy foods. The 2007 Madeleine Angevine faired wonderfully, and the 2007 Müller Thurgau was a very close second.

• French Roast Chicken
• Niçoise Potato Salad
• Ratatouille

We finished bottling our 2008 Müller Thurgau and started harvest plus crushing on our small lots of trial varietals plus our 2009 Verjus. The menu was paired with our Perennial Vintners 2007 Méthode Champenoise Orange Muscat (non-bonded).

• Caramelized Onion & Gruyere Quiche
• Wine, Sage & Mustard Grilled Chicken
• Greek Roasted Root Vegetables
• Verjus & Herb Marinated Beets

We paired this menu with a vertical tasting of two Perennial Vintners Melon de Bourgogne and a French Muscadet for comparison. Many ingredients also came from our farm.