Valentine’s Day

For Valentine’s Day I surprised my girlfriend with a picnic lunch at the Winery at Wolf Creek. It was still rather cold that day, so we ate indoors, but the lunch itself was picnicky enough.

Menu:

Portobello mushrooms, tomato, carmelized onions, and monterey jack cheese sandwiches on ciabatta.

I marinated the the portobello slices in a mixture of grape juice, grape jam, hot sauce, italian dressing, and lemon juice <—Sounds weird, but it came out really well. Then I sauteed them with onions and garlic.

Brie and crackers.

A bottle of White Lies, a delicious, sweet, grapey wine that they make at Wolf Creek. Hands down, my favorite wine.

For dessert, something I bought at the grocery store called a “Devil’s Delight Parfait.” Basically, it’s chunks of chocolate cake with whipped cream and a ridiculous amount of hot fudge sauce, with a cherry on top. <—-Delicious, but would have been better with more cake and less fudge sauce.

The atmosphere of the place is absolutely wonderful. The winery has both an indoor dining room (with plenty of windows, of course) and a patio which overlooks a beautiful lake at the bottom of a hill.

All in all, a very successful date. Travel was efficient, and everything went off without a hitch. Very romantic.