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2011 Robby’s Blend and a Calzone
After making jam, plum sauce and chutney this week I still have plenty more fruit left from my trip up north. I did make a second batch of chutney because it was so yummy. I ended up making calzones stuffed with ricotta, Chutney, shredded chicken and Cabernet cheddar. Also, when I went up north there’s…
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2012 Petite Sirah and Plum Chutney
I’m gonna start off in the negative this week even though I try not to. I must share I had the world’s worst tasteless plums last week. They were so bad… How bad were they? Sounds like the start of a bad joke. Well, I bought five, I took a bite of the first one…
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Wine of the Week – 2014 Quinn’s Zin
Wine of the Week – 2014 Quinn’s Zin For this week’s Wine of the Week, I have chosen a wine that hasn’t made that many appearances yet. It still hasn’t officially been released. I thought it would be fun for another preview of this favorite, 2014 Quinn’s Zin. We sourced the grapes for this…
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Father’s Day Crab Carbonara and 2011 Muscat
Father’s Day is coming this week and my dad loves crab cakes. I made that back in November for his birthday. So, instead of the same dish, I thought why not pasta with crab! I am making a crab carbonara pasta. The traditional way is with guanciale or pancetta. I am substituting it with crab.…
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Strawberry BBQ sauce and Shredded beef sandwiches and 2011 Reyes Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
Strawberry BBQ sauce and Shredded beef sandwiches and 2011 Reyes Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Last week I wrote about her newest release, our 2018 roses choice rose, and I was wondering what wine inspires me this week to share with you. The 2011 Cabernet spoke to me and I’ve been thinking what dishes I am going…
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Renaissance by Reyes 2013 Sauvignon Blanc and Au Gratin Potatoes
Renaissance by Reyes 2013 Sauvignon Blanc and Au Gratin Potatoes By Beth P. Heiserman Comfort food sure helps us through this tough time. Comfort food should offer solace or a feeling of well-being, and sometimes memories of childhood. My mom would prepare this delicious dish with roast chicken and givetch, a Romanian mixed vegetable dish.…
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Moules à la Marinière and 2017 Reyes Amber Chardonnay
Moules à la Marinière and 2017 Reyes Amber Chardonnay I knew that I wanted to write about a specific wine this week, but I didn’t know how many different things I could share about this fabulous new wine. So, next week will be about this wine but a different angle. I am sure you…
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Our Newest Rose Wine, 2017 Grenache Syrah Rose
This past weekend, we bottled our newest vintages of wine. Now I’m back in isolation at home, deciding what new wine we’re going to have for dinner tonight. There are so many delicious choices. I must say, we have a brand new rosé that I would love to share with everyone. It is our new…
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Tartar Sauce and 2010 Reyes Syrah
Tartar Sauce and 2010 Reyes Syrah By Beth P. Heiserman Tartar sauce is a mayonnaise-based sauce or what we usually categorize it as a condiment. I love to read about the history of things and all week I’ve been trying to figure out when tartar sauce became a condiment for fish rather than meat. Tartar…
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Crab Cakes and 2016 Renaissance by Reyes Chardonnay
This past week was my dad’s birthday, and every year I like to make him something special. This year I made crab cakes and tartar sauce. I got up that morning and made him breakfast, lox eggs and onions. We then went to the cemetery to visit my mom and then for lunch we ended…
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Butternut Squash Chili and 2013 Renaissance by Reyes Sauvignon Blanc
Butternut Squash Chili and 2013 Renaissance by Reyes Sauvignon Blanc By Beth Heiserman Thanksgiving is right around the corner and knowing that I want to share some of my favorite recipes. Today, I went to the market to get some things and noticed all the pumpkin items. I must say, I never understand why the…
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Harvesting the 2017 Viognier
Harvesting the 2017 Viognier by Beth Heiserman A few weeks ago, my doctor put me on a special diet for 30 days. I’m not supposed to eat certain fruits and vegetables such as plums, apples, cauliflower, onions and several other things that I generally do eat. I was also asked to remove wheat, lentils and…
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2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Pairing
This past weekend, I opened a 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon to see how it is developing. 2014, was a tough year for our grapes. We didn’t have a lot of water, which made the wine a bit astringent. If you follow me, you are aware that we have a Cabernet Vertical coming next week. I had…
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Reyes 2014 Julia’s Blend Cherry Jam
Reyes 2014 Julia’s Blend Cherry Jam By Beth Heiserman I’m sure everybody has seen at the market how abundant and beautiful the cherries are this year. This week I decided to buy some cherries and make some jam. And of course, like always I always infuse wine into everything, Jams and jellies are no different.…
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Heirloom tomatoes and Summer Squash Casserole
Heirloom Tomatoes and Summer Squash Casserole by Beth Heiserman A crisp cool and refreshing wine with a lighter dinner on a hot night. Most of us will agree, that when we get home from a long day at work during summer that sometimes we don’t feel like cooking. I tend to cook a few meals…
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What is the function of a punt on a bottle?
What is the function of a punt on a bottle? by Beth Heiserman This past weekend a customer had asked a question, what is a punt for? First, I will answer, what is a punt before I answer what is it used for. A punt is the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle.…
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2019 June Wine Club Member Pick Up Party
2019 June Wine Club Member Pick Up Party by Beth Heiserman Its that time again for our members to have their quarterly choices and a lunch. Our wine club consists of four shipments are year. They are march, June, September and December. There is no fee to become a member, only a commitment that…
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Reyes 2013 Quinn’s Zin Chocolate Brownie
Reyes 2013 Quinn’s Zin Chocolate Brownie by Beth Heiserman Like I mentioned in my article on Sauvignon Blanc last Friday, when I was at the farmers market last week I had come across the most tasty and delicious blood oranges. All week long I’ve been enjoying this juice. Yesterday I was reading articles on my…
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Celebrate Sauvignon Blanc Day!
Celebrate Sauvignon Blanc Day! By Beth Heiserman I’ve been in the mood for a green bean casserole. So, I went to the market the other day to get all the fixings that I would need. The first thing that I needed to put on my shopping list was celery to make cream of celery soup.…
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Is Moscato the same as Muscat?
Is Moscato the same as Muscat? By Beth Heiserman Every weekend, guests come to our tasting room and request Moscato instead of Muscat. Is there a difference, Yes! First, the name Muscato is Italian for Muscat. Muscat grapes are grown all around the world. Every country refers to the grape differently. In Italy it is…
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12-Year old Agua Dulce Delight and a Fig Goat Cheese Cake
Fig Goat Cheese Cake By Beth P. Heiserman In previous articles, I have mentioned about the history of a port-style wine, and single varietal ports, but not all the styles of a port-style wine. Solera is a process for different beverages like port wine. Some whiskeys can also be processed in this fashion. It is…
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Is Your Wine Gluten Free?
Is Your Wine Gluten Free? By Beth Heiserman Last week, I saw an article that caught my interest. Is wine gluten free? And yes, there can be gluten found in wine, but it is insignificant amount. There are two ways it could be found in wine. One way are fining agents. Those are to remove…
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Reyes 2011 Les Deux Rois Blackberry Serrano Jam
Reyes 2011 Les Deux Rois Blackberry Serrano Jam By Beth Heiserman Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, I would say are the two most famous red wines. They are the kings of red wine. This week, I am sharing with you a favorite, 2011 Renaissance by Reyes Les Deux Rois. This is our “Two Kings” red…
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What effect can the rain can have on grapes?
What effect can the rain can have on grapes? by Beth Heiserman This past weekend, I was watching a movie about a couple falling in love at a vineyard. It was driving me crazy watching it because it had so many false facts about vineyard care. While I was watching this love story, I…
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Reyes 2009 Syrah Leg of Lamb
Reyes 2009 Syrah Leg of Lamb By Beth P. Heiserman I am probably writing for the last time about the award-winning 2009 Syrah, since we only have a few cases left. This has been one of my favorites since I started to work at Reyes Winery. I thought I would focus this week on a…
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2013 Ryan’s Blend Food Pairing
2013 Ryan’s Blend Food Pairing by Beth Heiserman This past weekend someone asked me about why do wineries blend wine. Last July, I wrote an article about wine blends and I mentioned about combining two or more wines makes each one better than they would be on their own. Sometimes wine varietals need other wines…
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Food Pairings and 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is a very bold wine that has possibility to overpower some dishes. Depending upon the tannins as well as the oak notes can make a difference in food pairings. When Cabernet Sauvignon is young, as this wine is, its elements are at is peak. As time goes on and the wine ages, it…
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Our newest release is our 2016 Renaissance by Reyes Chardonnay
Our newest release is our 2016 Renaissance by Reyes Chardonnay by Beth Heiserman It has delightful aromas of citrus, lemon zest and a hint of grapefruit. Aged in French oak for 20 months, creating a multi layered and complex wine. It is rich on the palate and filled with notes of tangerines and quince. Enjoy…
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2015 Oso’s Blend and the Red Blend Tasting Event
2015 Oso’s Blend and the Red Blend Tasting Event by Beth Heiserman Coming February 2nd, I am doing the first “Red Blend Tasting Event”. I have done many wine pairing events, but not a blend event. I have chosen specific Reyes Winery Blends for this educational yet fun food and wine pairing. Every wine…
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Our newest medals from the 2018 San Francisco International Wine Competition
Our newest medals from the 2018 San Francisco International Wine Competition #ReyesWinery would like to thank the San Francisco International Wine Competition judges for this amazing recognition! We are so thrilled we won TWO more #DoubleGold Medals! It is now our 3rd & 4th!!! The largest and most influential international wine competition in America,…
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Tired of Turkey?
Tired of Turkey? By Beth P. Heiserman I always have someone asking me can you drink red wine with fish…YES! a red/pink fish can be paired with a red wine, like salmon or ahi tuna. I love having Zinfandel with salmon. Our 2013 Zinfandel has won silver medals in the 2016 Los Angeles International…
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What wines to pair for your family Thanksgiving dinner?
What wines to pair for your family Thanksgiving dinner? by Beth Heiserman Thanksgiving is around the corner and was creating my dinner menu with a wine list to match last night my dad. We were thinking what we wanted. Of course, turkey. Two years, my Thanksgiving article included my Chardonnay gravy recipe that I always…
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“ABC” …. Anything But Chardonnay!
“ABC” …. Anything But Chardonnay! Just the other day somebody made that comment “ABC”. I haven’t heard that expression in quite a while. If you haven’t heard of before it stands for “anything but Chardonnay”. Traditionally I am one of those people who don’t really enjoy Chardonnay, but I absolutely adore our 2015 Amber Chardonnay.…
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The Perfect Pairing….wine and chocolate!
The Perfect Pairing….wine and chocolate! by Beth Heiserman For anyone who knows me, you know I love M&M’s and thought was my grandma’s fault. Every time, I go shopping at Target, I HAVE to peek at the seasonal flavors. I love to pair the flavors with notes from the wines. For instance, our 2009…
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What is the difference between cooking wine and wine you drink?
What is the difference between cooking wine and wine you drink? By Beth P. Heiserman This week, I had a customer ask is there a difference between a cooking a wine and wine that is called for in a recipe. The answer is yes and no. It depends upon the wine that is part…
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2018 Merlot Vertical
This coming Saturday, October 13th, Reyes Winery is hosting a Merlot Vertical. You will get to pair our award-winning Merlot with a tasty treat along with education about Merlot and our wines. I will be pouring from the 2009 vintage through the 2012, plus the newly released 2013, the unreleased 2015 and finishing with the…
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Come enjoy our newest release in October, the 2013 Merlot
Come enjoy our newest release in October 2013 Merlot By Beth Heiserman I had gone to a wine and spirit tasting and they had a cinnamon vodka. So…me and my inquisitive nature asks, what kind of cinnamon did they use? I did ask before I tried it. The response I got was, uh…there are…
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2011 Reyes Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Strawberry Peppercorn Cobbler
2011 Reyes Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Strawberry Peppercorn Cobbler by Beth Heiserman This past weekend, we hosted our quarterly member ship pick up party. Many of our guests have requested some of my recipes that have not yet been added to my blog, including my strawberry black peppercorn Cabernet cobbler. Instead of having ice cream, It…
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What element of wine makes it taste dry? ….Tannins in wine
What element of wine makes it taste dry? ….Tannins in wine By Beth Heiserman There are different types of tannins; skin, seeds and from the barrels. They all have a different complexity. It is a naturally occurring polyphenol which is found in plants, seeds, wood and skins of a fruit like grapes. Tannins are…
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2011 Reyes Muscat Chicken Sausage Hash Brown Casserole
2011 Reyes Muscat Chicken Sausage Hash Brown Casserole By Beth P. Heiserman My mother and grandmother always made casserole when I was growing up. Brunch at grandma’s was always fun. I always looked forwarded to spending time with my grandparents. This is one of my favorites that I love to share when I cater the…
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Sixth Annual Sierra Pelona Vintners Wine Festival
This past Saturday, April 21, Reyes Winery held the sixth annual Sierra Pelona Vintners Wine Festival which benefited the Zonta club of Santa Clarita Valley. We had over 700 people in attendance that came from All over Southern California. This year’s event we had 34 local wineries from the Santa Clarita Valley to the antelope…
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The First stage of a growth of a vine
The First stage of a growth of a vine by Beth Heiserman “Bud break”…what is that?It is the initiation of growth from the bud. It is the first stage of the growth of a vine. When it starts, dormancy is over. Then Flowering starts approximately 60 days later, and then the fruit will set, fourth…
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Cork Taint, one of the “Wine Faults”
Cork Taint, one of the “Wine Faults” By Beth Heiserman Have you ever opened a bottle of wine and as you are opening the bottle, get a whiff of something you aren’t sure what it is? Last week, I was opening a bottle of wine and as I removed the cork, an odor like no…
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Viognier… the Other White Wine!
Viognier… the Other White Wine! by Beth Heiserman Viognier is white wine varietal from the Rhône Valley in France. Officially, it is the only white grape allowed in the region. It is also grown around the world, such as Australia, North and South America. We brought in our 2016 Viognier from Lake LA. That is…
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Why do we use Oak Barrels for wine?
Why do we use Oak Barrels for wine? By Beth Heiserman Over 2000 years ago, a Greek historian, documented that wood barrels were used for wine in ancient Mesopotamia. I have mentioned before, in my article about “Orange Wines” that approximately 6000 years ago, wine was aged and stored in clay pots called Qvevri. Then eventually besides…
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The Myth Behind the Title of a ‘Reserve Wine’
The Myth Behind the Title of a ‘Reserve Wine’ by Beth Heiserman Many people think that there are certain descriptive words that people look for on a winery’s label, like reserve, estate grown, single vineyard, old vine, etc. This past week, I had someone ask what our “reserve wines” were. In the U.S., “reserve” doesn’t…
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Tasting Room Etiquette
any years ago, I went to Concannon Winery in Livermore, CA. They are known for their Petite Sirah. My father knew Jim Concannon. I stayed up there for two weeks to learn more about wine. He taught me from Wine Tasting Etiquette to wine pairing. I enjoyed my trip so much; it is something I will…
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Did you know Santa Clarita has Hard Cider?
Did you know Santa Clarita has Hard Cider? And its right here at Reyes Winery! By Beth Heiserman For many years apple juice was considered apple cider which is unfiltered and unsweetened non alcoholic beverage. There was no difference in the name, some states call it differently and to differentiate from processed apple juice…
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San Francisco International Wine & Spirits Competition “Double Gold” Tour Part 2
San Francisco International Wine & Spirits Competition “Double Gold” Tour Part 2 By Beth Heiserman Last week, was the second leg of a 6 six-city tour for the “Double Gold” medal tour with the San Francisco International Wine & Spirits Competition. Last Tuesday, I went to Manhattan to Quality Italian Steakhouse on 57th street to…
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SF International Wine and Spirits “Double Gold” Tour
SF International Wine and Spirits “Double Gold” Tour by Beth Heiserman Last week, was the first leg of a 6 six-city tour for the “Double Gold” medal tour with the San Francisco International Wine & Spirits Competition. I will be traveling to New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles in the next few weeks.…
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