Lunch for October 16, 2010 Harvest Participants

s Harvest Lunch October 16, 2010

Appetizers
Caprese Salad: Eagle Hill Tomatoes, Eagle Hill Basil, Olive Oil, Mozzarella

Crab Cake Minis with a dab of Thousand Island dressing

 Avocado slices with French dressing and lemon juice Gouda slices 

 Suggested wine for the above: Bolla Delle Venezie/Tipica 2009 Pinot Grigio (Italy) 


Brie with Peach Jam on heated baguette/olive oil, suggested wine is Saintsbury Garnet Carneros 2009 Pinot Noir (Napa, CA)


Comte slices, suggested wine is Yalumba Eden Valley 2009 Viognier (Australia)

Entree

Eagle Hill Belted Galloway Teriyaki Beef Skewers

Served with Eggplant Parmigiana and an assortment of vegetables

Ciabatta Bread, heated with butter

Suggested wines are Newton Claret 2007 (Merlot/CabSauv/Cab Franc/Syrah) (St. Helena, CA) and Del Dotto Cave Blend 2006 (Merlot/Cab Franc/Cab Sauv) (Napa, CA)

Desserts, Cheese, Liquors

Cheesecake with strawberry topping 
Vanilla Ice Cream, 29% fat, with whipped cream 
Blue Cheese, suggested wine is Chateau Saint-Michel 2007 Sauternes (Gironde-Bordeaux, France) 
Wide Assortment of After-Dinner Liquors

Thank you for your help and don’t forget your bottle of wine to take home!

Results of Harvest at Eagle Hill and then Crush at Captain Vineyards

The harvest/crush/destem happened Saturday Oct. 16th as planned.  We had 18 people working away for 3 hours in the vineyard, luckily the temperature was not hot.  Special thanks to Pat and Owen Lammers (home hardscape/irrigation, 925-408-0564) for volunteering to unclip the bird nets so we could harvest more efficiently.  Also, special thanks to Gerrit Brands (my IT consultant, 951-312-4009) for also doing the nets and being very helpful on a number of things on Saturday.   Many of the people had never helped at a crush and destemming and commented that it was a very interesting procedure.   Once again, sorry about all the postponings of the harvest day.  Those who attended enjoyed the lunch (complete with Eagle Hill raised beef, tomatoes and basil) with 6 different wines and went home with a custom made tee shirt that Jill Peterson and Jaye Buhlis made ( www.oaktees.com  (925) 625-8337 ) and surprised us with, thank you very much.  Also, each person who attended went home with a bottle of wine. 

4th Post on Grape Harvest: Oct. 16th, new date & time

ALERT:  the weather here has been cold with little sun so we are forced to delay the harvest since the grapes will not be ripe as predicted.  The new date, and this is now definite, will be Saturday, Oct. 16th and the new time is 8:30 AM.  Sorry about this as we know the delays have disrupted many plans.   If you can make it on Oct. 16th, drop us a email or a phone call.  

See The previous three posts on this 2010 harvest here on this bloG, below .

Regards,

Peter  and Rhonda Cacioppo

www.EagleHillGroup.net

925-377-6416

Moraga, CA