Then we sampled our first bottle of Chambourcin with gouda and mushroom cheeseburgers. We're happy with this wine - it is smooth, earthy, and went well with the cheeseburgers.
Saturday was too hot to work outside. I spent most of the day making and applying wine labels. The heat gun for the PVC shrink wraps works like a charm, so long as it is not too close. We cooked with Pinot Grigio. Lisa likes this wine a lot, but to me, while it is very drinkable, something is just a little "off."
We made a phyllo tomato tart, which while very tasty, was a little difficult to handle because the layers of phyllo didn't stick together that well.
We finished the bottle of Chambourcin with steaks which were delicious. Too much red meat for one week perhaps, but worth it. The leftover phyllo was combined with fresh blackberry cream cheese filling to make turnovers.
Two inches of rain overnight made all of the watering yesterday somewhat pointless. On the plus side, we have cooler temps on Sunday and the rain barrels are replenished. We're picking the last of the summer fruit, and then we can start thinking about the 2017 wines.
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