Today we had a lazy day. We made BLT sandwiches with a fried egg on Fano baguette. Then at11:30 we drove to Costco because the Miele coffee maker has died and Suzette wanted to buy a new one. She picked out a Cuisinart coffee maker for $70.00 but she saw and bought two 48 inch Samsung TVs for $279.00 each, one for our bedroom and one for Los Luna's plus two all direction wall mounts and five year warranties. We also bought a whole salmon, a three pack of Boursin cheese spreads, Dubliner Cheddar cheese and corn chips.
We had driven the mini and could not load the two TVs into it, so Suzette drove the mini back home and drove the land cruiser back so we could load the TVs. While she was gone I ate a Polish a Dog and drank a lemonade. When she returned we loaded the TVs.
There was no frozen corn at Costco so we stopped at Lowe’s on the way home and picked up four navel oranges, about 5 lb. of sweet potatoes at $.19/lb., and two lb. of frozen corn kernels.
When we got home after Suzette put the sweet potatoes into the oven to bake, we decided to play bocce. We poured the PPI Leese-Fitch Sauvignon Blanc and Gavi white into glasses and opened a package of garlic and fine herbs Boursin and a package of rice crackers and took them to the bocce court. We played two close games to 11, which I won. Then I was exhausted and lay down for an hour nap until 6:30.
While I slept Suzette made pork confit with the pork tenderloin we had thawed after removing the thinner ends. She asked me what I wanted for dinner and l said, “I don’t care. I have lost my appetite.”
So Suzette chopped up the pork and sautéed it with chunks of sweet potato and the PPI pesto pasta plus some fresh rosemary.
As the sauté was getting hot I asked what kind of wine did Suzette want and she said, “Rose would be nice.”
I said, “I was thinking about champagne.”
So I went to the garage and found a bottle of Berberana Gran Tradicion Cava Rose Brut, the perfect wine for our dinner (Total Wine $10, less 20% so $8). It was surprisingly dry and yet had an intense red color and fruit flavor.
Here is a review. A nice dry, light rose. At less than $10 per bottle it is a pretty good deal. There are light, dry berries on both the nose and the palate. It has a clean and refreshing taste, with a hint of sourness. I like this very much! I first bought this in Connecticut and am pleased to see that the Chesapeake, Virginia store also carries it. This is one of the better low-cost rose's I've had.
And here is Wine Spectator’s review:
Berberana NV Gran Tradición Rosé Brut Sparkling (Cava)
86
POINTS
Best Buy. Now
“A touch gritty and stalky, but mostly it's just pleasant and innocuous on the nose. The palate is crisp and tight, with foamy bubbles and then a lightly toasted, stalky set of red fruit flavors that finish sweet. Nothing spectacular but perfectly good for a Monastrell-Pinot Noir blend.”
We really enjoyed the wine and thought the slight roughness went well with our rather rough sauté of sweet potatoes, pork, and pest pasta.
Sometimes that elegant buttery smoothness of good French champagne does not match the dictates of the food. Tonight’s dinner was a thrown together sauté of leftovers, essentially.
We watched our favorite Masterpiece Theater Series, the Durrells in Korbut as we ate dinner. Then Poldark and Indian Summers with a cup of chia and a chocolate and went to bed at 10:00.
Bon Appetit
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