Herzog Saturday Nights is back this week! Doors now open from 6:30 – 9:30. This week’s guest musician is blues man Barry Brenner (and I hear he is bringing 4 guitars!). Click the link to download your coupon for $10 OFF, and come share some great times, over great wines, with friends. Cheers!

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Explore the flavors in wine with this fun and easy to do exercise. Winkemaker Joe Hurliman and special guest sommelier Beckey Richards show how to setup some simple wine infusions that can help train your wine tasting palette and add some spice to your next party.

Keeping with our tradition of amazing holiday cuisine, Tierra Sur will be presenting this alluring prix fixe menu this December 25th. Let our family serve yours this holiday ~

Sunday December 25^th 2011

3 courses $78

MENU

Appetizer

Endive, watercress, fuyu persimmon, toasted hazelnut and frog hollow bosc pear salad

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Hearts of romaine salad with lemon, garlic and anchovy dressing and marinated anchovy filets

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Winter squash soup

Entrée

Black cod with sautéed chanterelle mushrooms, salsify and Meyer lemon sauce

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Capon ballotine stuffed with Italian sausage and soft polenta with

cranberry bean ragout

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Boeuf en daube, red wine braised beef shoulder with sautéed spaetzle and house made sauerkraut

Dessert

Chocolate espresso pot de crème

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Fuji apple tart tartin with frozen vanilla custard

Menu subject to change

À La Carte

Appetizer

Chorizo lamb sausage and black olive piadina flat bread with watercress, sun gold tomato salad and zahtar dressing 13

Venison and veal sweetbread terrine with cherry and bacon marmalade toast 16

Entrée

Rib-eye steak with salsa verde, Weiser farm’s ruby crescent heirloom potatoes and sautéed Chinese long beans 48

In this episode, Joe Hurliman gives us a glance at the physical characteristics of wine fermentation – as well as an important safety tip for the home winemaker. Join Herzog Wine Cellars for Wining with Joe: 7th Blend

We are so excited to bring you the 6th Blend of our Wining with Joe series. So, how do you get wine out of a barrel? If you have ever wondered, Joe Hurliman can help. In this segment, we learn about the Nitrogen Racking Device and how it is used to gently move premium wine from the wine barrel. Sit back, swirl your glass and enjoy our latest winemaking adventure!

Wine Barrels deconstructed! Learn how the oak of the wine barrel flavors the wine. Herzog Wine Cellar’s Joe Hurliman walks us through oak flavoring, from the inside out!

OXNARD WINERIES LAUNCH PREMIER TASTING EVENT

2011 Wine on the Water Cruise Gets Rave Reviews

by Bonnie Carroll

September 11, 2011 marked the premier Wine on the Water event presented by AM Boat Charters – Scarlett Belle, the Three Oxnard Wineries of Herzog – Magnavino – Rancho Ventavo, and La Dolce Vita Ristorante Catering.

The enchanting Scarlett Belle River Boat, filled with fine wine and food aficionados, traveled through the Channel Island Harbor waterways as all on board sipped wine from the three wineries of Oxnard and savored delicious hors d’ouvre created by executive chef/owner Michelle Kinney of La Dolce Vita Ristorante and Catering.

Faye Hawes of Rancho Ventavo, Robert Wagner of Magnavino and public relations representative David Whitmore of Herzog all shared their excitement to launch this new wine tasting experience on the Channel Island riverboat, which was built, owned and operated by a local couple.

Guests enjoyed live guitar music and views of exquisite Channel Island homes, as sommelier Tim Robertson shared his expertise with wine lovers on board. A bevy of wine servers and representatives from the wineries also gave the sailing sippers specifics on the three Oxnard wines. Everyone agreed this first venture for the three Oxnard wines was a delightful success and look forward to making it an ongoing event for California wine lovers. For winery information contact www.ranchoventano.com; www.magnavino.com, Herzog.com and for La Dolce Vita visit www.theldv.com. Scarlett Belle visit www.scarlettbelle.com.

Joe Hurliman, our master winemaker, walks us through blending trials of Herzog’s Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Sirah: