Nana Susanna’s Rich Ragout [ March 14th, 2010 ] Posted in » St. Clement recipes, Wine recipes

  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 cups red onion, diced fine
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 1 pound ground lamb
  • 1 pound ground veal
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 Tbl red pepper flakes
  • 1 bottle 1995 St. Clement Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 2 Tbl garlic, minced
  • 1 large can Pomi chopped tomatoes, plus
  • 8 fresh Roma tomatoes, chopped
  • Salt, to taste
  • Black pepper, to taste
  • 2 cups water (optional)

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CALIFORNIA: Sonoma County

california-sonoma-countyFerrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery
8761 Dry Creek Road
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: (707) 433-6700
Fax: (707) 431-1742

Beautiful grounds, flower gardens, lots of landscape. Nice place to bring lunch and have a glass of wine. Excellent Chardonnay. We visited here with our friends Tom and Jen Kaminski – the girls bought matching hats in the store, walked the grounds, smelled the flowers, and came back to the wine tasting area to find us… As usual, we left a little tipsy – it’s just too much fun. Life is good!

Annapolis Winery
26055 Soda Springs Rd.,
Annapolis, CA. 95412
Phone: 707-886-5460

This was the first winery I every visited and what a great place. It’s up in the north, not far from the ocean if you straightened out the curvy, 25mph road you need to take from the Sea Ranch area of California’s north coast. Annapolis is comfortable, casual, and fun. The people working the winery and pouring the wine are owners or family of the owners and that makes it fun. You’re always welcome to ask questions, see what’s currently going on, and take a bottle, or two, or three outside to drink under the apple trees.
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