Cookingo on Sunday

Got up early and relaxed before Chris came over to pick me up. We headed down to the Minneapolis Farmers market to do some shopping for dinner. Chris's first time and he seemed impressed though it was a bit too busy on this gorgeous day for my tastes. Got some good produce and had a brat(loaded) and then headed back to his place in Excelsior for some cooking. We decided on fresh pasta with a nice heirloom tomatoe sauce with fresh basil all tossed with some Sausage Sister sausages. MMMMMM.... The pasta turned out great with a few caveats, like when Chris took a turn and ended up cutting his pasta the wrong way and ending up with tiny pieces of sausage. Oh well. We had a 1975 German Spatelese to start followed by a Warwick Sauvignon Blanc. Both nice though the German was a bit faded it still was neat to drink something from when I was born! Next we blind tasted some Reds. First a 1997 Ferrari Carano Tresor which was stunning though in my opinion a bit young. Next a 1997 La Grange Bordeaux and finally a DeLoach 1999 Los Amigos Ranch Cabernet. Nice though not beautiful all three presented a challenge to pick out blind. We finished up dinner with a Coteaux de Layon 1996 old vine desert wine! Wow, since the last time drinking it 2 years ago it had shed a lot of it's sugars and had become better balanced, I think it might not last as long as I first thought but should make it another 5 years at the minimum. The weather was great, and as the day wound down had a couple of cigars, though I'm not one to remember what kind, they were a nice end to the day! Great food, Awesome friends, and memorable wines...I wondering what the peasants are up to!