Wine Wednesday

Randy and Carrie chat about Carrie's vacation up in Santa Ynez wine country, where she tried four new wineries.

So much rosé. Carrie, Randy, and their spouses did rosé ALL day for the holiday, because what better way is there to celebrate Spring and rebirth than to partake of gloriously pink wine? Listen in to hear about their favorites, and about Randy’s drunken escapades in the kitchen making “brunch”. Thank you Easter Bunny.

Wine, wine sales, good food, and holiday meals with family.

Randy's in-laws come to town so there we're 2 amazing dinners with an abundance of pairings. Carrie's dad came to town and she served a pumpkin curry pot pie that was delish.

What happens when you open a wine and it smells funky? pair it with some funky smelling cheese!

Carrie makes a traditional steak dinner complete with strawberry shortcake and Randy gets experimental with cooking salmon.

Randy and Carrie celebrate their friends' wedding complete with a bachelorette/bachelor day of wine tastings in Santa Barbara County.

Randy and Carrie make a meal together and come up with 2 possible wine pairings. Find out which wine goes better with Air Fried Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Stuffed Chicken Breasts!

Randy makes a new fish dish and finds the perfect pairing for it. Carrie perfects kale and a double mustard sauce.

Randy celebrates the engagement of 2 very dear friends, Carrie celebrates her anniversary and the upcoming wedding of two other dear friends. How do you celebrate love? With wine of course!

Randy and Carrie talk about their recent vacations and what wines they came across

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Carrie recounts her 4 wine filled days in Napa/Sonoma

Carrie breaks her wine fast for two very important celebrations. Randy, Carrie, and the gang get to visit some friends in Santa Barbara County for a wine tasting day trip!

Sometimes you need to recover from too much fun, and that was the case for Randy this week. But Carrie and Randy still made some amazing meals and smoked some delicious meats to share.

Randy tells Carrie about his river tubing, wine tasting adventure in Sonoma and Napa Counties

Randy and Carrie go berry crazy at the farmer's market. Carrie comes up with some experimental recipes to make her leftovers interesting. Randy has a Sunday of day drinking.

Randy shares his new passion for farmers market influenced margaritas. Carrie shares her ongoing love affair with smoked meat. And, Carrie and Randy play the inaugural round of What Would You Pair?

Carrie and Randy share a meal of smoked meats and tasty veggies with friends. Carrie shares her new NSNG (no sugar no gluten) diet and healthy recipes, and Randy talks sausages.

For the first time in over a year Carrie gets to visit Santa Ynez Valley and go wine tasting! Plus Randy gets a new smoker and shares his joy of smokey foods.

How do you show love for your Dad on his birthday when you haven’t seen him for over a year? A weekend of w and food of course! Plus Randy goes to SB wine country for the second time this month.

Randy experiements with new Thai Recipies and Carrie has a hankorin for fried chicken!

Randy and Carrie both made a version of blackened fish (very different recipes) and figured out what to pair them with. Plus, Carrie got some new wine toys!

After over a year away, Randy gets to brag to Carrie about his adventures through Paso Robles and Buellton

Randy and Carrie share a lovely meal in the back yard with a plethora of wine. Carrie makes an exotic new dish and Randy makes an exotic sauce.

Randy and Carrie talk about a few failures this week, both in food and wine, and also some happy successes.

Randy and Carrie talk all about their Easter celebrations and meals. They also celebrate amazing charcuterie boards and the return of Smoking meat.

We know it is barely Spring, but it is starting to feel like Summer and we are breaking out the Rosé, whites, and salads! Plus Randy breaks out his grill, and Carrie shares a sushi surprise.

Carrie and Randy share new exotic food flavor experiments and food successes. Black garlic, cured duck yolk, lime cilantro crème dressing and more!

Randy and Carrie share a socially distant backyard meal and search for a weekday Cabernet with the generous help of Tarzana Wine and Spirits.

Randy and Carrie have a socially distant (30 feet away, bring your own glass) night of wine sharing! Plus Matt has perfected the French Fry, Carrie made duck, and Ryan ordered a case of panic wine.

Randy and Carrie share the love with the perfect Valentine’s dinners and pairings. Love is in the air, and in the glass.

Randy tells us all about his second week of being wine free, and how it impacts his eating. Carrie talks Super Bowl snacks.

Randy and Carrie discuss the fact that Carrie had to dump not one, but two different bottles of wine that had passed their peak! Tragedy! Also, they talk about some food.

Randy and Carrie discuss the American meals they made for inauguration dinner, and get in a bragging contest about social media reposts.

Randy and Carrie talk about the 3 days of Birthday feasting for Matt. Carrie makes Italian meringue for the first time, and Randy puts together his fancy new wine opener.

Randy and Carrie share a French style Zoom meal. They also discuss steak successes, and proper food picture styling.

Happy 2021! It took many cases of wine but we all made it to the new year. In this episode Randy and Carrie share how they celebrated a modified NYE, and also start planning next year’s feast.

What better way to celebrate a holiday during a pandemic than with delicious foods and great wines? Randy and Carrie share some of their holiday favorites.

Randy and Carrie share the joy of pairings from the last week, including some fish dishes, and some winter comfort food.

Randy and Carrie share how they celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic complete with double turkey, double potatoes, and double stuffing. Plus Carrie smokes a brisket big enough to be a small person.

Randy and Carrie delight in Winter flavors and soups, and each share their version of amazing mustard sauce paired with pork. Get ready to drool.

Randy and Carrie share a meat-filled Monday meal, and socially distance celebrate home ownership.

Randy and Carrie share their versions of mustardy pork and what pinots they paired it with, and the both share how they perfected the humble potato.

Randy married his lovely lady in a super private ceremony in Santa Fe, and he shares all the meals and pairings the celebrated with that week. Congratulations!

Randy and Carrie talk about the shifting palates of fall (pumpkins and souls galore), their love of kale, and comfort foods.

Randy shares his horror at fast food wine, and some new novel pairings of his favorite wines. Carrie talks about her 2 (yes 2) anniversary dinners.

Randy and Carrie pair fish with red wine this week and the results are surprising. They also celebrate a friend’s birthday with an Italian feast on Zoom.

Randy and Carrie share eerily similar food weeks, including Thai dishes paired with Sauv Blanc, and chicken dishes.

Randy and Carrie share the joy of breakfast for dinner. Randy shares his technique for air frying homemade corn chips, and Carrie talks about one of her new favorite cuts of steak.

Not, it’s not Christmas, all the birthdays have passed, and Halloween is not for another few months… it’s National Pinot Noir Day! Randy and Carrie share what they will be drinking to celebrate, and they also talk about some meals.