Enjoy hot cocoa or mulled cider (grown-ups can opt for mulled wine or "special" cocoa) while you take in the twinkling spectacle of Old Town Temecula and award-winning Inland Empire Homes.
This was the day I saw for the first time the pretzel necklace. What a brilliant idea, and from what I've been told, something that's been in existence for quite some time. It's so simple to execute. Grab some pretzels, loop them onto a string or ribbon, tie them around your neck and you're good to go! Take a sip of beer, grab a pretzel. Sheer genius.
We went back to Australia for the fifth wine of the day, 2010 Graffigna Malbec reserve. At $13 this wine spun some heads in our group. The color was deep dark and I picked up chocolate and cherries on the nose.
I was assigned to pair a dish to go with the 2009 Château Paynaud Bordeaux Supérieur Rouge, 50% Merlot/35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc . After some digging, I found a recipe for wasabi mashed potatoes, and yes, they are amazing.
Louis Metoyer and mother Velma
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