{"id":138,"date":"2009-03-15T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2009-03-15T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T19:05:00","slug":"rhymes-with-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Rhymes with fog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019m told there is something propitious about the name, and it certainly has no bearing on the cuisine. \u00dcber-successful restaurateur Charles Phan<\/a> has deviated here from his native Vietnamese cuisine, but proves himself equally adept at what he describes as Chinese comfort food. Moreover, there is a common dedication to sustainable design and cuisine not only between this restaurant and Sostevinobile<\/span>, but with star mixologist Thad Vogler<\/a>\u2019s upcoming Bar Agricole and with Bardessono\u2019s<\/a> Phil Sherburne, who sourced much of the recycle materials built into the decor. The evening\u2019s singular revelation came, however, from Your West Coast Oenophile<\/span>\u2019s adroit choice of a wine to accompany the eight or so menu selections that adorned our table. The 2007 Scholium Project Verdelho Naucratis Last Slough Vineyard<\/span> is a wine boasts far more than a protracted name. Though principally a Portuguese varietal, winemaker Abe Schoener<\/a> has crafted his expression, from Scholium\u2019s Suisun Valley<\/a> vineyards, more as a \u201cstraight Gr\u00fcner Veltliner knock-off.\u201d Let him call it what he will, it made for superb pairing.
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I look forward to savoring more of Scholium Project<\/a><\/span>\u2019s wildly-experimental \u0153nology in the not-too-distant future.<\/span><\/div>\n

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  The artistry of the grape I didn\u2019t mean to pay Bargetto short shrift in my last posting. I was originally introduced to their Chaucer\u2019s line of Olallieberry and Raspberry wines, as well as the only domestic Mead of which I am aware. Some years later, on my first visit to their winery, I learned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nebbiolo","category-verdelho"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sostevinobile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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\n<\/span>The artistry of the grape<\/span><\/td>\n		I didn\u2019t mean to pay <\/span>Bargetto<\/a><\/span> short shrift in my last posting. I was originally introduced to their Chaucer\u2019s line of Olallieberry and Raspberry wines, as well as the only domestic Mead of which I am aware. Some years later, on my first visit to their winery, I learned that they produced an intriguing range of Italian varietals<\/span> (including their aforementioned <\/span>2002 La Vita<\/span>)<\/span>, along with Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot and other familiar grapes. Even though my quest for their excellent Dolcetto proved futile this time, I still returned back to San Francisco with a bottle of their <\/span>2<\/span>004 Santa Cruz Mountains Nebbiolo<\/span> to share on our Saturday night excursion<\/span>.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>The Ginkgo Girl and I joined fellow <\/span>boarding school <\/a><\/span>survivor Jon Welles and his wife for <\/span>The International Theater Ensemble\u2019s<\/a><\/span> multimedia adaptation of <\/span>Nikolai Gogol<\/a><\/span>\u2019s <\/span>\u041d\u043e\u0441<\/span> <\/span>(The Nose)<\/span> at San Francisco\u2019s Phoenix Theatre. The Nebbiolo proved a worthy complement to Paulette\u2019s pre-performance hors d\u2019\u0153uvres\u2014just what we needed to hold us over until we ventured out to dinner at the new <\/span>Heaven\u2019s Dog<\/a><\/span>.<\/span>
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