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WineChief's
Favorite Ingredients!
WineChief says, like wine to create a great meal...
you must start with great Ingredients!
The most important ingredient is Love.
Callebaut Chocolate & Australian Syrah!
Callebaut Belgium Chocolate! = 5Attababys!
Don't wait for dessert...Have it for dinner!
Late at night? Yeah, baby!
Peter Lehmann 1997 Eight Songs Shiraz = 4Attababys!
WineChief's Best Wines on the Market!
Silky, classy syrah with a long chocolate finish!
Match with the Best Chocolate in the World!
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Water
Aqua Panna / Pellegrino Mineral Water = 5Attababys!
Bread
- Acme Bread = 5Attababys!
- Dean & DeLuca
Various Sea Salts
Gray Sea Salt = 5Attababys!
Tellicherry Pepper
Saffron
Tellicherry Pepper = 5Attababys!
Peet's Toll-Free Number: 1.800.999.2132
Peet's Toll-Free Number: 1.800.999.2132
Olive Oil
Napa Valley Olive Oil Company Extra Virgin Olive Oil = 3Attababys! The best for the money! Just behind Travigne Restaurant in Napa Valley!
Napa Valley Olive Oil Company St. Helena, Ca
McEvoy Ranch Olive Oil = 4Attababys! The best in Northern California! They also produce O Olive Oils!
O Olive Oil Company Meyer Lemon = 4Attababys! The best infused Olive Oil from California!
Also, check out Blood Orange, Ruby Grapefruit and Tahitian Lime flavors!
Etruria White & Black Truffle Oil = 5Attababys! The best olive oils from Umbria!
Balsamic Vinegar
Aceto Balsamico Traditional Di Modena Pier Luigi Sereni = 5Attababys!
Joseph George 408-448-9463 WINE
Pasta
Rustichella D'Abruzo Garganelli Egg Pasta = 5Attababys! $5.99
- Imported by Manicaretti Emeryville, CA 94608 800-799-9830
Rustichella D'Abruzo Saffron Fettucine Pasta = 5Attababys! $7.99
- Imported by Manicaretti Emeryville, CA 94608 800-799-9830
- Castellena Foglio D'Oliva = 4Attababys!
Olive Oil Pasta!
Castellena Trecce Nere = 4Attababys!
Squid Ink Pasta!
Bella Cucina Pearl Pasta = 4Attababys!
Rice & Grains
Forbidden Rice = 5Attababys!
Farro Semiperlato = 5Attababys!
Risotto anyone?
Imported by Manicaretti Emeryville, CA 94608 800-799-9830
Sabarot Green Lentils from Le Puy = 5Attababys!
Beluga Black Lentils = 5Attababys!
Cheese
Cheese Plane =
5Attababys!
A must have for hard cheeses and butter.
Here are a few of my favorites...
Old Amsterdam, Holland = 5Attababys!
The Cheese Shop Carmel, CA 831-625-2272
Contact: Westland Kaasspecialiten B.V. P.O. Box 12 1270 AA Huizen, Holland T. 31.35.5287528
Parmesan de Reggiano, Italy = 5Attababys!
Imported Unpastuerized French Goat Cheese = 5Attababys!
The Cheese Shop Carmel, CA 831-625-2272
Humbolt Fog Goat Cheese, Muscat Grapes and Pepper Crackers = 4Attababys!
Vegetables
Kohlrabi = 5Attababys!
Fava Beans = 5Attababys!
Little Bear Beta Sweet Maroon Carrot = 5Attababys! Purple Carrots from Texas! Wow!
Cosentino's
Onions, Carrots and Celery (The Holy Trinity) has been combined as the basic essense of flavor since the beginning. Without this combination of vegetables (or a variation, for examples in New Orleans, LA, they simply substitite Red Peppers for Carrots...), one can not achieve flavors that pair perfectly with wine.
Walla Walla Onions = 5Attababys!
Maui Kula Sweet Onions
Lucinda'a Red Pearl Onions
San Marzano Canned Roma Tomatoes = 5Attababys!
Purple Asparagus = 5Attababys!
Fruits
Fuyu Persimmons = 5Attababys!
Kumquats = 5Attababys!
Meyer Lemons = 5Attababys!
Blood Oranges = 4Attababys!
Spices
Whole Nutmeg with Grinder = 5Attababys!
Tamarind = 4Attababys!
Tumeric = 4Attababys!
Star Anise = 5Attababys!
Foie Gras
Hudson Valley Foie Gras = 5Attababys!
Michael Ginor is not only a great chef, but he also produces the best domestic foie gras!
Hudson Valley Foie Gras 80 Brooks Road Ferndale, NY 12734 Phone: 845-292-2500 Fax: 845-292-3009 Email: info@hudsonvalleyfoiegras.com
Fish
Copper River Alaskan Salmon = 5Attababys!
SeaBear.com Order Copper River Salmon for next year!
Alaskan King Crab = 5Attababys!
Fresh Dungeness Crab = 5Attababys!
Beef
Omaha Steaks Private Reserve = 5Attababys!
Chocolate
Callebaut Belgium Chocolate = 5Attababys
Can't find the Peter Lehmann 1998 Eight Songs Shiraz = 4Attababys!
Try the Beaulieu Vineyards 1997 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon = 3Attababys!
Calvados
Calvados = 5Attababys! Apple Brandy from France! Oh yeah!
WineChief says, Life is a Bowl of Cherries, but only if you pick them yourself!
Testarossa 1999 Pisoni Vineyard Pinot Noir = 5Attababys! Wow! Paired with a Bowl of Cherries is off the hook!
More tastings and where to buy wines retail:
Acme Fine Wines 707-963-0440 1104 Adams Street Suite 104 St. Helena, California 94574
All Seasons Wine Shop and Cafe 1400 Lincoln Ave. Calistoga, CA 94515 800-804-9463
Beltramo's 1540 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-325-2806
Brown Derby 2023 S. Glenstone Springfield, MO. 65804 800-491-3438 417-883-4066
California Wine Merchant 3237 Pierce St. San Francisco, CA 94123 415-567-0646
DeeVine Wines Pier 19, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111 1-877-DVW-WINE (1-877-389-9463)
Draeger's 222 E. 4th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 650-685-3725 1010 University Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-688-0682 342 First Street Los Altos, CA 94022 650-948-4425
Golden West 2443 Fillmore St. #376, San Francisco, CA 94115 415- 931-2300 800- 722-7020 e-mail: goldwest@wco.com
Grapevine 1389 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, Ca 408-293-7574
Hi-Time Wine Cellar 250 Ogle Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 800-331-3005 949-650-8463
Joseph George 1559 Meridian Ave. San Jose, CA 408-448-WINE
K&L Wines 3005 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94061 650-364-8544 766 Harrison Street San Francisco, CA 94107 415-896-1734
Nielsen Brothers Wine Shop 7th & San Carlos St. Box H Carmel, CA 93921 831-624-9463
North Berkeley Imports 1601 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, CA 94709 510-848-8910 - 800-266-6585
Oakville Grocery Various Locations
Premier Cru 5890 Christie Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 510-655-6691
Prima Wines 1522 N. Main Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 925-945-1800 or 800-70-Prima Premier Cru 5890 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-566-6691
Rancho Cellars 23640 Carmel Rancho Blvd. Carmel, CA 93923 831-625-5646 Ask for Jacques Melac
Robert's Market 3015 Woodside Road Woodside, CA 94062 Store 650-851-1511 / Wine Dept. 650-851-2640 ask for John Akeley john@robertsmarket.com
Ruby Wine 1419 18th St. San Francisco, California 94107 415-401-7708
The Cheese Shop downstairs in the Carmel Plaza P.O. Box 109 Carmel, CA 93921 800-828-WINE 831-625-2272
The Wine Exchange of Sonoma, CA 452 First St. East Sonoma, CA. 95476 1-800-938-1794
The Wine Club 953 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA 800-966-7835 or 415-512-9086 1200 Coleman Santa Clara, CA 800-678-5044 or 408-567-0900 2110 McFadden #E Santa Ana, CA 92705 800-966-5432 or 714-835-6485
Vintage Wine Merchants 377 Santana Row Suite 1135 San Jose, CA 408-260-1115
Vin Vino Wine 437 California St. Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-324-4903
Uncorked 13500 Big Basin Way Suite A Saratoga, California 95070 408-741-9000
Weimax Wines & Spirits 1178 Broadway Burlingame, CA 94010 650-343-0182
Wine Cask 813 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-966-9463 800-436-9463
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