Summer 2013

Sonoma Fine

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Writer: Susan Dewey / Photographer: Jennifer Dow 

Sonoma Fine

Summer 2013

Cape Cod Home  /  Summer 2013 / , ,

Writer: Susan Dewey / Photographer: Jennifer Dow 

Longboard Vineyards showcases California’s Russian River Valley at a superb Alberto’s Ristorante wine dinner.

Photo by Jennifer Dow

Served with a fine North Coast Red Blend (Longboard 2010 Point Break), the course was a perfect intro into a fall -off-the-bone tender Osso Bucco—a braised pork shank with light fresh vegetables in a merlot and cabernet wine sauce. A Dakine Vineyard 2009 Merlot from Oded’s estate vineyard and a Redgrav Vineyard 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon gave the main entrée a celebratory finish.

The final sweet end to the evening was a single fresh Bosc pear stuffed with mascarpone cheese, giving the guests a light and bright send-off served with a Longboard 2010 Late Harvest Semillon.

Warmed by tastefully creative Cape Cod cuisine and wines touched by the California sun and a talented winemaker’s vision, the guests eagerly wrote down Longboard’s website and shared dreams of heading over the bridge soon for the bountiful vineyards of the Russian River Valley.

For more information, go to longboardvineyards.com, or albertos.net

Susan Dewey

Susan Dewey, former associate publisher and editor at Cape Cod Life Publications, lives in Centerville where she grows vegetables and flowers for Cape farmers' markets, designs perennial gardens for her son’s company, Dewey Gardens, and enjoys living on beautiful Cape Cod year round.