KCRA Rings in the New Year with Don!
Check out our own Don Ashton as he makes New Year’s Eve cocktails that are sparkly and sweet.
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Sons of Sauvignon
Sometimes, you just want to have a wine with some power and guts. If you love a good Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon that’s well-balanced with great raspberry and blackberry aromas and flavors with silky tannins, then this Sequoia Grove cab powerhouse is for you! Delicious fatty holiday meal staples, like mashed potatoes and gravy, don’t stand a chance against this wine’s tannins that balance the fat and get you revved up and ready for the next bite. Perfect with a juicy hunk of beef like that big Christmas dinner prime rib!
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Order of the Owl
Owl’s Bres teas are fresh-brewed, handcrafted and bottled, and specially crafted for cocktails. Owl’s Brew teas come in Classic (English breakfast, lemon and lime), Coco-Lada (black tea, coconut, chai, pineapple and agave), and Pink & Black (Darjeeling, hibiscus, lemon peel, strawberry an agave), and is best served as two parts Brew and one part booze (shaken or stirred). Each blend is versatile and can be paired with a wide range of spirits, beer, wine, and champagne.
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Spanish Rose
Juve y Camp's pinot noir rose pairs beautifully with this season's holiday appetizers. Its bright cherry and strawberry flavors and pretty presentation match beautifully with light to medium-weight foods, like sushi, salmon pate, and strawberry sorbet. The Juve y Camp winery was founded in 1921 and the winery’s three-generation history has established its solid reputation for producing top quality cava. I
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Beer + Cheese
It’s American Cheese Month and Rebekah Baker, our corporate cheese buyer, shares more great beer and cheese pairings for fall entertaining on KCRA. Check out this clip for some unique pairing suggestions.
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Great Pumpkins
First brewed by English colonists in the New World during the 18th century, pumpkin ales are usually a rich amber to orange color, with a nice biscuit-like maltiness and a pumpkin aroma. Some are made with actual pumpkin with others achieve flavor with pumpkin pie spices. We’ve got several pumpkin beers for you to enjoy, including selections from Blue Moon, Dogfish Head, Samuel Adams, Coronado, Almanac, and Buffalo Bill’s (which tastes exactly like a slice of pumpkin pie). The Almanac Barrel-Aged Pumpkin Barleywine might be our most unique, made from California-grown pumpkins and aged in wood barrels for added flavor.
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The Cider House Rules
Common Cider Co.’s Lemon Saison and Hibiscus Saison are two of the most unique and interesting ciders on the market. This small, local producer is committed to making intriguing, well-crafted flavored beverages, and these ciders are extremely food friendly or great on their own. These ciders are made with organic hibiscus and lemon with real cane sugar, and they’re fermented with a strain of yeast that’s typically used for specialty beers, adding another layer of flavor and depth to the product.
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Rum Runner
El Dorado Rum’s spiced rum a unique blend of hand-crafted aged Demerara rums and natural spices.
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Wall of Fame Wines
2014 California State Fair Gold Medal Winners
The results are in from the 2014 California State Fair commercial wine competition! 2,829 wine entries from 746 participating wine brands were tasted and scored by 74 judges on 18 panels. The competition was steep and we're proud to bring you some of the wines that came out on top.
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The Shock of the New
Enjoy a little sparkle and bubble with New Age White. Very floral, refreshingly fun, and slightly sweet, New Age White is a white wine with a slight effervescence. Lower in alcohol than most wines, it’s a slightly spritzy blend of 90% torrontes and 10% sauvignon blanc.