Wine lovers visiting Central Virginia should plan a trip to Gabrielle Rausse Winery. The wines have been around for quite some time, but the tasting room has only been open a couple of years. The setting is lovely amid the trees on a Virginia side road, but you won’t find lots of signs leading to the winery, visitors might even have trouble finding the tasting room. The small sign hanging from a piece of construction equipment that leads you to the drive is easy to miss. Once you find the winery, however, you will consider yourself lucky that you kept looking. The wine is superb. The bread served while tasting and the atmosphere are excellent.
We’ve been two times and enjoyed ourselves very much. Wine lovers will find the wine to be worth the trip. I recommend a visit.
This month I’ve been writing a lot, but not on my blog. The news is that work on the cookbook, Vineyard to Table – Cooking with Kentucky Wine, is going great. Denise and I met with a publisher last week and they are very interested in our book. We will be going through the peer reading and editorial board approval, but things are looking up.
Here’s a preview of what the book is like. We start with a bit of information about the history of wine, Kentucky wine, and the relationship between wine and food. Then we include the benefits of wine, cooking tips, and advice on how to choose wines. But most of the book is recipes. We have chosen eight wine varieties that are regionally grown and have ten recipes for each one.
We are really pleased with the way the book is coming along. I’ll let you know how things are proceeding and when to expect a finished book.
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