Food

• Papalote Mexican Grill - salsa in a mason jar
• SPQR - fried brussels sprouts with garlic, parsley, capers and lemon
• Dynamo Donuts - orange ginger glazed donut
• Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream - honey thyme ice cream
• Bi-Rite Creamery - orange cardamom ice cream
• Ella's - brunch
  • chicken hash ~ served with eggs and toast
  • coffee
  • fresh baked sticky bun
• Cowgirl Creamery - Mt. Tam
  • "Just North of the San Francisco Bay, Mt. Tamalpais rises like a monument to Northern California's natural beauty. In deference, Cowgirl Creamery named its signature cheese MT TAM. It's a smooth, creamy, elegant, 10-oz, triple-cream - made with tasty organic milk from the Straus Family Dairy. MT TAM is firm, yet buttery with a mellow, earthy flavor reminiscent of white mushrooms. MT TAM won 1st Prize in the soft-ripened category at this year’s American Cheese Society competition."
• Brown Cow Yogurt

Wine

• Split Oak Vineyard - Morro Bay Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
  • "This finely crafted Cabernet Sauvignon is made in the classic Bordelais tradition with a combination of French and American oak, yielding a generous, soft and well balanced wine."
• Quinta De La Rosa - Ruby Porto Lote nº 601
  • Grape Varieties:

    Traditional port varieties, mainly Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Barroca and Tinta Roriz.

    Production Notes:

    Quinta de la Rosa's Ruby Port is unique in that it comes from A graded grapes all grown on the Quinta. Most other ruby blends come from further down the river nearer Regua where there is higher rainfall and most grapes are B to D quality so the resulting port tends to be less concentrated. Many customers told us that our ruby was ‘too good to be called a ruby port’ so we christened it with the name - Lote 601 – taken from lote or blending number we use for the ruby. Some of our ruby is still made in the traditional way – trodden in granite lagares.

     

    The Ruby is blended from our stocks of Port stored in large ‘tonels’ or vats to give a young, fruity, vibrant wine with an average age of 3-4 years. The blend will always have the same style from year to year. Unlike most port shippers, all products are stored and bottled in the Douro (at La Rosa and not Porto), allowing full traceability and ensuring quality from grape to bottle.

    Tasting notes:

    A Vintage Character style blended port of great quality and complexity. Showing beautiful deep ruby colour with plenty of forward fruit, full bodied with a long dry finish. The slight dry finish is typical of La Rosa’s house style.  

    Serving suggestion:

    This Port has been lightly filtered and does not require decanting, delicious with dessert or cheese.

• Rutherford Hill 2004 Vintage Zinfandel Port
  • "The release of a new vintage of our Zinfandel Port is always cause for celebration! The wine’s seductive combination of spicy Zinfandel fruit enhanced by the richness of the fortifying brandy is nearly irresistible.

    Our winemaking team is respectfully aware of the Port wine traditions stemming from Portugal’s Douro region but we put our own California spin on our wine. Rather than using the typical Portugal Port grapes of Tinta Barroca, or Touriga Nacional we choose to use Zinfandel.

    We make our Zinfandel Port in an approachable style that Port novices and Port aficionados alike are delighted by. You will find this 2004 vintage in similar style as past bottlings: medium bodied, just slightly sweet, enthralling aromas and a gorgeous ruby-like color.

  • Variety: Port

    Vintage: 2004

    Vineyard Location: 100% Napa Valley

    Varietal Composition: 100% Zinfandel

    Color: Black cherry

    Aroma:Dark berries, blueberry, chocolate, caramel, black pepper, anise

    Flavor: Chocolate covered cherries, licorice

    Alcohol: 18.2%

Liqour

• Monteverdi Spirits - Nocino della Cristina
  • "Dopo un buon pranzo un nocino tutto apposto metterà."

    "At the end of any meal, a glass of Nocino puts everything right."

    Nocino (no-CHEE-no) is the traditional walnut liqueur made throughout Italy and Southern Switzerland. The base ingredients of nocino have changed very little through the centuries. They include unripe walnuts, alcohol (typically grape brandy or grappa), sugar and spices. It is the mix of spices, which varies widely from family to family, and village to village, that gives each nocino its unique character.

    Nocino della Cristina is the loving result of generations of tinkering with the traditional nocino recipe. Our artisanal nocino is made of California brandy infused with Napa Valley walnuts and carefully selected spices from Africa, Asia and the Americas. Under the spell of our Master Rectifier, the result is a digestivo with a richness that strikes the perfect balance between sweetness and spice. Careful balancing of cane sugar and alcohol content optimizes mouthfeel and yields a long, complex and dynamic finish.

  • An artisanal liqueur made from grape brandy and walnuts from Napa Valley's Oak Knoll District
  • Infused with whole, natural spices gathered from Africa, Asia and the Americas
  • Concentrated aromas of green walnuts, brown spices, vanilla and ripe berries on a long, rich finish.
  • Enjoy as a post-meal digestivo or as an accompaniment to fruit- and cream-based desserts and cookies.
  • Use liberally to add silkiness and complexity to cocktails and coffee drinks.
  • 100% natural with no artificial colors or ingredients.
  • 30% alcohol by volume.
• Bénédictine
  • Bénédictine info (wikipedia)

Beer

• North Coast Brewing Co. - Old Rasputin Imperial Stout
• Rogue Ales - Hazelnut Brown Nectar
  • Style: Brown Ale

    Food Pairing: Pork, Beef

    Tasting Notes: A nutty twist to a traditional European Brown Ale. Dark brown in color with a hazelnut aroma, a rich nutty flavor and a smooth malty finish.

  • Ingredients:

    Malts: Harrington, Klages, Munich, Hugh Baird Brown, Carastan 13-17, Crystal 70-80, Crystal 135-165 & Beeston Chocolate.

    Hops: Perle and Sterling.

    Specialty: Hazelnut Nectar.

    Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.