Stuffed Bacon Cheese Burgers

Top left: How to stuff burgers. Make a ball with you burger. The put a thumb hole half way through the ball. Then add your ingredients such as cheese and bacon bits.
Bottom left: Close the ball over the stuffing's and carefully flatten. Then add a small thumb print to the middle of the burger. Add a little Worcestershire sauce to the top. Then they are grill ready.
Top right: Yummy grilled stuffed bacon cheese burgers.
Bottom right: Two onions (white and red). Put a tablespoon of butter on top then add a beef bullion cube and wrap in foil. Through on the grill for about half an hour. Best onion for your burgers.

To the ground beef I added: chopped fresh cilantro and parsley, 1 packet of dry ranch dressing (this is the secret weapon), steak seasoning, pepper, grated onion (about 1 tablespoon).

What's on my wine rack...

Here are some new additions to my wine rack. I was intrigued by the Albarino because it is pretty close to my name (Albian). One great myth the wine industry has demolished for me is the idea that "pink" wine is super sweet and something my grandma June drinks. When you find a great dry (meaning not sweet) Rose it can rival almost any red on a nice fall day. This one from Quady North in Jacksonville, Oregon has a peachy character that I love. I absolutely love Eden Vale's Syrah 2003! It tastes like a "big bowl of bing cherries". I had this sweet carbonated wine at a friends house and for a little mix up it was great. The middle wine is from Kriselle cellars in Sams Valley, Oregon. It is called Di'tani (2010). It is a quite nice red blend but it is mostly Cab Franc.

Beautiful.

 The beauty of a winery.

All the hard work pays off! An amazing glass of wine!

Harvest Time - Sorting

On this day of harvest we sorted Chardonnay grapes. This picture illustrates the steps to sorting. The bottom left picture shows the grape being dropped (by forklift) into the funnel to go onto the sorting table. The top right is the grapes coming onto the table to be sorted. The bottom picture is the huge bin of grapes we are going to sort. There can be anywhere from two to four people sorting depending how high the volume is.

Grapes!!

 This is a Merlot grape. Certain grapes have certain shape to them. This cluster has a what is called a "wing". Most grapes very in shape and size. Some grapes are tightly clustered together, others are loose. Distinguishing marks can also be found in the clusters branches and the color of the branches.

I labeled these grapes for the tasting room. I went out to the vineyard and picked them. The idea was given to me by the wine maker herself. It was neat to pair the grape with the actual wine in the tasting room. Wine making is a beautiful art.