Top Wine Country Picks from Platypus Curator Laura Rickard
“I have been creating and guiding wine tours for the last 11 years and it is the best job ever! Every position I have ever held has been service related, but this career allows me to fulfill my desire to create joy and lifelong memories for the people I interact...
Fig & Rosemary Shrub: Your Fall Glass, Two Ways
If “drinking vinegar” doesn’t immediately sound tempting, stay with me. A shrub is a centuries-old blend of fruit, sugar and vinegar that creates a sweet-tart syrup with surprising depth and brightness. Long before refrigeration, shrubs were a practical way to...
First Time In Wine Country? This Might Be Your Perfect Day
I remember my first trip to Napa before moving to wine country. I was on a corporate excursion following a meeting in San Francisco. It had been planned by an employee at the company I was working for who lived outside California. The beauty of the Napa Valley stayed...
Wine Country Heirloom Tomato Panzanella
A late-summer Wine Country take on panzanella, built around ripe heirloom tomatoes, ciabatta, feta, fresh basil and that great, unfinished bottle of red wine. Serves 6 Ingredients For the Salad 10-12oz ciabatta, preferably a day old 2½ lbs ripe heirloom...
