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Santa Barbara Adventure Company
Santa Barbara Adventure Company offers wine tours by bike and by van. What an exciting way to go wine tasting in Santa Barbara! Enjoy an exhilarating bike ride, a picnic lunch, and sample wine at several Santa Barbara wineries for a fun-filled day in the wine country.
This company also offers wine tours in a comfortable air conditioned van and unique wine blending sessions where you can blend and bottle your own wine. What a fun way to learn about wine!
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California Rivers Wine Tours
California Rivers Wine Tours will take you on Sonoma winery tours. Visit Sonoma wineries in an air conditioned van, sample world class wines, and enjoy a homemade picnic along the way.
This wine tour company is friendly, knowledgeable, and experienced. They specialize in Sonoma wineries located in Alexander Valley, Dry Creek, and the Russian River.
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Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival
June 4 - 6 ~ Enjoy a day of Temecula wine, food, hot air balloon rides, at Skinner Lake. This unique experience is a popular event held annually in Southern California's Temecula Wine Country.
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Monterey Wine Festival
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Cooking With Wine Recipes
"I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food."W.C. Fields
Ultimate Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
This is the ultimate chicken cacciatore recipe. Serve this delicous with your favorite salad and a glass of dry red wine. A truly delicious chicken recipe!
Wine Pairing: Choose a dry Italian style wine for this dish such as Belguardo Serrata Maremma. This is a Sangiovese blend from Italy's Tuscany region. With complex flavors of berries, herbs, and spices this full-bodied wine can stand up to the heartiness of this dish. An excellent wine that is a great value for a wine that is this good.
Ingredients:
3 1/2 pound chicken
3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
6 ounces portobello mushroom caps
2 cloves garlic
10 ounces button mushrooms
1 cup dry red wine
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teasponn hot red pepper flakes
3 bay leaves
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Rinse chicken, cut into pieces, and dry with paper towels.
3. Heat oil in skillet and brown chicken.
4. Remove chicken and saute portobellos and onions until softened and golden brown. Then add garlic and stir for 2 minutes.
5. Add button mushrooms, wine, stock, diced tomatoes, oregano, pepper flakes, bay leaves, and salt. Bring to a boil.
6. Transfer mushroom mixture into a baking dish. Lay chicken among the mushrooms.
7. Cook uncovered for about 30 minutes in the oven. Remove bay leaves and serve.
This will make 4 servings.
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