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Article: Happy Together: Wente Vineyards 2006 Reliz Creek Pinot Noir ($22) with Salad of Chicories, Blue Cheese and Apple
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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IT WAS AT a celebration lunch in the newly renovated The
Restaurant at Wente in Livermore that I first encountered this
pairing -- in a somewhat different form. Executive chef Arthur Wall
served our group this very salad, but with the blue cheese in the
form of a souffle rather than in crumbles.
The salad alongside Wente Estate's smooth, fruity Pinot Noir from
Monterey was like a celebration of all things winter: the funky
aroma of fresh wet soil from the wine and blue cheese, a hint of
bitter from the greens, the toasty warmth of ...