LAS CALIFORNIAS

LAS CALIFORNIASAll ingredients from the land once called Las Californias (California and Mexico) to celebrate the shared history and love for the land. Borders can be drawn and erased but our shared relationship to this land is forever. Strawberries, Vitus Vinifera, Arbol chiles, Jamaica, Angeleno orange blossom, frangipani and star jasmine, Mexican tuberose and vanilla, coastal redwood

On October 2

from the soil

Lightning helps make nitrogen available to soil at a much more intense level

I consulted with my friend Dr Alex Day (Professor of Chinese History) who has lived in Guizhou and is cited in the Guizhou museum of tea

Vanuatu sandalwood (volcanic soil)

heavier on lilacs

Baron Rouge and Peache De Vigne from Celeste Finca (Temecula)

out of respect for protecting these trees that have such a stunning aroma I do not want to disclose what it is

Blueberry and cherry

Finished with a flower liquer de tirage  made using Chardonnay yeast from Small Vines TBH Vineyard in Sonoma

Quran Xi Nan

and I like think of his piano playing spilling over into the garden just as I like to think about Chekhov covered in dirt from the garden