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OFFBEAT COMBINATIONS ATTRACT CUSTOMERS By Aleta Watson Mercury News _ LiPo Ching - Mercury News Click here for the audio slide show: Executive Chef and owner, Justin Perez, talks about several dishes from Restaurant O.
Chef and owner Justin Perez has built his reputation on pushing the boundaries of culinary convention, boldly marrying tastes and textures in offbeat combinations. Chocolate in savory dishes, wild boar sausage on pizza, herbs in desserts -- he plays with food in one gastronomic game designed to surprise and delight. ... |
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| Wineries see Oregon as perfect place to produce champagne |
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EUGENE -- From the infancy of Oregon's wine industry, the elevation and soil composition of Willamette Valley vineyards have been known to be ideal for growing pinot noir and chardonnay grapes. In the past few decades, those two varieties have put Oregon on the viticultural map.
therefore it shouldn't come as much of one head-scratcher that several local wineries have begun dabbling in the production of champagne and other sparkling wines. Pinot noir and chardonnay grapes, after all, are two of the three varieties used in champagne. ... |
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01/07/2007Email to one friendPrinter-friendly At Lockwood Vineyards in southern Monterey County, Calif., Larry Gomez worked as assistant winemaker from 1991 to 1997. But he came back in 2004 as winemaker and changed the course of the wines.
After his first stint at Lockwood, Gomez worked for J. Lohr and Wild Horse in Paso Robles. When Wild Horse was purchased by Jim Beam Brands, however, the environment changed. His old employers at privately owned Lockwood called, and he jumped at the opportunity to return. ... |
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