A special guest

Last night, Craft Night had a special guest - my Mom! We had a delicious salad inspired by last weekend's trip to Cambria - mixed greens with pistachio-encrusted goat cheese, pink grapefruit, and a citrus vinegrette. Mom is a white wine drinker, so we had a bottle of

2005 Mokelumne Oaks White Blend Yeah, not such a great name, but surprisingly nice. It's a blend of chenin blanc, vionger, and pinot grigio, and you can certainly taste the melony stone-fruit. We'd picked this one up at the winery over at Vino Piazza in Lockeford. Here's what the winery says:

White Blend consists of 60% Chenin Blanc, 20% Viognier and 20% Pinot Grigio. This is a dry white blend, with a hint of sweetness from the Chenin Blanc. It has aromas of apricot, peach, apple, melon, nut and spice and a smooth, soft, crisp taste with a low to medium acidity. Its regions are from France, Oregon, and California. It accompanies: fruit, cheese, mildly spiced foods, salads, seafood and chicken.

Claire is getting really close to finishing her new, green bag. Mom worked on her legwarmers in that cool self-striping, self-patterning Grosso sock yarn, while I slaved away on the stupid baby sweater I need to have done for a baby shower this Sunday. Only one sleeve left, thank God; I might actually get it finished in time!