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Last Sunday I got together with a group of friends at Michel-Schlumberger for some Dirty South Fried Chicken, wine and good times. Food blogger and creator of the amazing website TasteSpotting.com, Sarah (aka @TheDelicious) was staying in the Michel Schlumberger suite and Hardy (aka @Dirtysouthwine) decided to take over his gourmet kitchen (yup, he lives at the winery... Lucky guy) to fry up some of his infamous Southern chicken. Evan (aka @Knife4Hire), a personal chef for hire (yes, that is what the knife for hire means) cooked up some lasagna cupcakes which he called lasagnettes and some prosciutto wrapped enoki mushrooms (those are the guys that look like little squids to me).
Great night. Great food. Great friends, both new and old.
There are so many puns that I could come up with in telling you all about Fish Day at Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate. Instead, I will simply say that tomorrow they are kicking off their first event in their Worms to Wine Nature Series.
Over the next six months, Michel-Schlumberger will be presenting monthly educational events that highlight their commitment to the land and showcase specific aspects of their organic and sustainable farming practices. MS is more than a winery know for their kick ass wines, videos, silly hats and awesome social media skills.... Thanks in part to Judd, Jim and myself. :) They are a winery that truly cares about the area that they make their wine. They truly walk the walk when it comes to sustainable farming practices.... Take a look at today's article in the Press Democrat about them... Oh wait, that was from Wednesday. :) I mean this one: Habitat restoration will benefit trout and salmon, about all that winemaker Mike Brunson is doing to help restore the wildlife in Dry Creek. Tomorrow is Fish Day from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Celebrating all things fishy, they are starting the afternoon with a personal tour of the fish hatchery at Lake Sonoma with Ranger Michael Carroll to meet spawning steelhead trout face to face. Following the tour everyone will head back to Michel-Schlumberger for a walk, talk and sip with Winemaker Mike Brunson and Elliott Doss of California Fish and Game along fish friendly and recently restored Wine Creek. Finally, a personal tasting of Mike’s favorite wines will be in the Cellar. Event price is $20. A portion of Fish Day proceeds goes to The Friends of Lake Sonoma – a non-profit organization whose purpose is to serve and support the interpretive and visitor service programs at Lake Sonoma. Make sure to call the winery to reserve your seat! 707-433-7427For more info, check out the Event Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=384578588856&ref=mfBarrel Tasting Weekends is one of the biggest events in the wine country and the biggest question on everyone’s mind is…Where to taste?
Are you going to a place that has great wines, a place that is fun to hang out at, a place that has great people, a place that will be serving bites to eat, or perhaps a place where people wear funny hats? Well why not do all of the above at ONE winery?
Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate in Dry Creek Valley is your place!
Come for the great wines - We will be pouring our amazing 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon and our EXTREMELY LIMITED release of 2007 Petite Sirah (40 cases ONLY). Come for the beautiful splendor of our Benchland Wine Estate and our 100 acre all-organic estate. Come for our incredible staff who will all be wearing the craziest hats we could find.
We invite you to join in the fun by coming by the winery and wear your favorite crazy hat. There will be a contest for the best hat each weekend and then we will be adding our favorite pictures to the Michel-Schlumberger Facebook page, giving you the opportunity to win a Grand Prize voted on by our Facebook fans.
Fans will vote by “liking the photo” and the one who gets the most votes, wins. So make sure to check back on our Facebook Page and tell all your friends to vote for your picture!
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