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自分の居場所探し: 日本生まれ、アメリカ育ち
Find My Path: Japan born, USA raised

Ridge Vineyards - My List

2018-11-25 | My Favorites-お気に入り
My favorite wine, Ridge Vineyards.
https://www.ridgewine.com/
http://www.ridgewine.jp/

Just a list of their wines I have purchased
(does not include tastings):

Updated with:
Ridge Vineyards 2013 York Creek Mill Block Zinfandel
100% Zinfandel

ATP membership only release
Only 39 barrels produced

Vintage 2013
Vineyard York Creek
Appellation Spring Mountain
https://www.ridgewine.com/wines/2013-york-creek-mill-block-zinfandel/






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[CABERNET SAUVIGNON]
Santa Cruz Mountians
(2000/2001)

[CARIGNANE]
Buchignani Ranch Carignane
(2003/2015)
Carignane Dutcher Creek
(2000)

[CHARDONNAY]
Santa Cruz Mountains
(2004)

[GRENACHE]
Lytton Estate Grenache
(2002)

[MATARO]
Pato Vineyards
(2003)

[MERLOT]
Mountain Merlot
(2003)

[PETITE SIRAH]
York Creek Petite Sirah
(1993/1994/1995/1996/1997/1998/1999/2000)
Lytton Estate Petite Sirah
(2014/2015)

[PRIMITIVO]
Lytton Estate
(2014)

[SYRAH]
Lytton Estate Syrah
(2001)
Lytton West Syrah
(2003)
Grenache Mataro
(2014)

[SYRAH/GRENACHE]
Lytton Estate Syrah/Grenache
(2013)

[ZINFANDEL]
Buchignani Ranch
(2003/2013)
Geyserville
(2002/2003/2005/2007/2008/2013/2014/2015)
Lytton Springs
(2002/2004/2008/2010/2014/2015)
Lytton Estate
(2013)
Mazzoni Home Ranch
(2003/2013)
Sonoma County Three Valleys
(2001/2003/2014/2015)
Evangelo Vineyard
(1990)
Independance School
(2003)
Late Picked Jimsomare
(1999)
Late Harvest Lytton Estate
(2003)
Nervo
(2002/2003)
Late Picked Pagani Ranch
(2002)
Paso Robles (Dusi Ranch)
(2003/2004/2014)
Ponzo Vineyard
(2002/2003)
Shenandoah
(1980)
Sonoma Station
(2000)
York Creek
(2003)
Late Picked York Creek
(2001)
York Creek Mill Block
(2013)
Pagani Ranch
(2009/2015)
East Bench
(2010/2014)
Carmichael
(2014)

[ZINFANDEL/PETITE SIRAH]
Lytton East Hills
(2014)

Ridge Vineyards - My List

2013-11-03 | My Favorites-お気に入り
My favorite wine, Ridge Vineyards.
Just a list of their wines I have purchased
(does not include tastings):

Updated with:
ZINFANDEL - Lytton Springs (2010)
bottled March 2012
67% Zinfandel, 23% Petite Sirah, 7% Carignane, 3% Mataro (Mourvedre)

Purchased at Singapore's Changi Airport terminal 3 shops.

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[CABERNET SAUVIGNON]
Santa Cruz Mountians
(2000/2001)

[CARIGNANE]
Buchignani Ranch Carignane
(2003)
Carignane Dutcher Creek
(2000)

[CHARDONNAY]
Santa Cruz Mountains
(2004)

[GRENACHE]
Lytton Estate Grenache
(2002)

[MATARO]
Pato Vineyards
(2003)

[MERLOT]
Mountain Merlot
(2003)

[PETITE SIRAH]
York Creek Petite Sirah
(1993/1994/1995/1996/1997/1998/1999/2000)

[SYRAH]
Lytton Estate Syrah
(2001)
Lytton West Syrah
(2003)

[ZINFANDEL]
Buchignani Ranch Zinfandel
(2003)
Geyserville
(2002/2003/2005/2007/2008)
Lytton Springs
(2002/2004/2008/2010)
Mazzoni Home Ranch
(2003)
Sonoma County Three Valleys
(2001/2003)
Zinfandel Evangelo Vineyard
(1990)
Zinfandel Independance School
(2003)
Zinfandel Late Picked Jimsomare
(1999)
Zinfandel Late Harvest Lytton Estate
(2003)
Zinfandel Nervo
(2002/2003)
Zinfandel Late Picked Pagani Ranch
(2002)
Zinfandel Paso Robles (Dusi Ranch)
(2003/2004)
Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard
(2002/2003)
Zinfandel Shenandoah
(1980)
Zinfandel Sonoma Station
(2000)
Zinfandel York Creek
(2003)
Zinfandel Late Picked York Creek
(2001)
Pagani Ranch Zinfandel
(2009)
Zinfandel East Bench
(2010)

Restaurants: Tokyo area PART 3

2009-06-21 | My Favorites-お気に入り
MEXICAN メキシカン
La Colina ラ・コリナ - Roppongi 六本木 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

NOODLE 麺類
Hosokawa ほそ川 - Ryogoku 両国 (1) (2) (3)
Kourakuen Chuukasoba 幸楽苑　中華そば - various いろいろ（秋葉原） (1) (2) (3) (4)
Nantsutei なんつッ亭 - Shinagawa 品川 (1) (2) (3)
Ramen Suica らーめん粋家 - inside station (Ueno) 駅中（上野） (1) (2)
Ramen Tenjinshita Daiki らーめん天神下 大喜 - Yushima 湯島 (1) (2)

SPANISH スペイン
BAR de ESPANA Pero バル　デ　エスパーニャ　ペロ - Ginza 銀座 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

SUSHI 寿司
Bentenyama Miyakosushi 弁天山 美家古寿司総本店 - 浅草 Asakusa (1) (2)

TEMPURA 天ぷら
Daikokuya Tempura 大黒家天麩羅 - Asakusa 浅草 (1) (2) (3) (4)
Sansada Asakusabashi 三定　浅草橋 - Asakusabashi 浅草橋 (1) (2)
Tempura Tenken 天麩羅天健 - Asakusa 浅草 (1) (2)
Tenichi 天一　- Ginza, Yokohama 銀座、横浜 (1) (2) (3)

YAKINIKU/TEPPANYAKI/STEAK 焼肉・鉄板焼き・ステーキ
Mansei 肉の万世 - Akihabara, Osaki 秋葉原、大崎 (1) (2)

YAKITORI 焼き鳥
Toritake 鳥竹 - Shibuya 渋谷 (1)
Torigen 鳥元 - Ueno, Suidoubashi 上野、水道橋 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Restaurants: Tokyo area PART 2

2009-02-10 | My Favorites-お気に入り
INDIAN インド
Raj Mahal ラージマハール - Shibuya 渋谷 / Shinjuku 新宿

ITALIAN イタリアン
Il Boccalone イル　ボッカローネ- Ebisu 恵比寿 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

IZAKAYA 居酒屋
Avenue あべにう - Akihabara 秋葉原 (1)
En えん - Akihabara 秋葉原 (1) (2) (3)
Enraku Akibasou 円らく「秋葉荘」 - Akihabara 秋葉原 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
WaZa - Shinjuku 新宿 (1) (2) (3) (3)

JAPANESE OTHERS 和食他
Minafuku Oden 美奈福 おでん - Ningyocho 人形町 (1) (2)
Shabuzen しゃぶ禅 - Shibuya 渋谷 (1) (2)
Takahashi ぎたろう軍鶏 炭火焼鳥 たかはし - Gotanda 五反田 (1) (2)
Takumiya Takoyaki たこやき専門店大阪匠屋 - Harajuku 原宿 (1) (2) (3) (4) *** CLOSED ***

JAPANESE WESTERN STYLE 洋食
Kurofune-tei 黒船亭 - Ueno 上野 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (7)
Sakurai さくらい - Yushima 湯島 (1)
Taimeiken たいめいけん - Nihonbashi 日本橋 (1) (2) (3) (4)
Tonkatsu Imoya とんかつ いもや - Jinbocho 神保町 (1) (2)

Restaurants: Tokyo area PART 1

2009-02-03 | My Favorites-お気に入り
AMERICAN アメリカン
7025 Franklin Ave 7025 フランクリンアベニュー - Gotanda 五反田 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

CAFE/DESSERT 喫茶店・カフェ・デザート
BON BONNE ボン　ボンネ - Hanzomon 半蔵門 (1)
Gotoh no Ame 後藤の飴 - Nippori 日暮里 (1) (2)
Sembikiya 千疋屋總本店 - Nihonbashi, Tokyo station inside 日本橋、東京駅中 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
Ginza Sembikiya 銀座千疋屋 - Ginza 銀座
Kyobashi Sembikiya 京橋千疋屋 - Harajuku, Tokyo Station outside 原宿、東京駅外 (1)
Toraya とらや - Roppongi, Ginza 六本木、銀座 (1)
Umezono 梅園 - Asakusa 浅草 (1) (2) (3)
Wafuan 和ふ庵 - 浅草 (1) (2)

CHINESE 中華
Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豊 - Shiodome 汐留 (1)
Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant 南翔饅頭店 - Roppongi 六本木
Ohtori-Ken 鳳凰軒 - Nihonbashi Bakurocho 日本橋馬喰町 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
Robert's Shanghai Home Dining - Yoyogi 代々木 (1) (2)

FRENCH フレンチ
CAFE SPEIRA カフェ スペイラ - Jingu Gaien 神宮外苑 (1)
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon ラトリエドゥ・ジョエルロブション- Roppongi 六本木
Set Gouse 居酒屋食堂 セットグー - Asakusabashi 浅草橋 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34)

Restaurants: Japan others

2008-09-08 | My Favorites-お気に入り
Hakone 箱根
Sushi Miyafuji 寿司みやふじ -　Sushi 寿司 (1) (2)
Watanabe Bakery 渡邊ベーカリー - Bakery ベーカリー (1) (2) (3)

Hiroshima 広島
SOZO ソゾ - Okonomiyaki お好み焼き (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Kamakura 鎌倉
Mother's of Kamakura マザース オブ 鎌倉 - TEPPANYAKI 鉄板焼き (1) (2)
Tamagoyaki Ozawa 玉子焼 おざわ - Japanese Omlette 玉子焼き (1) (2)

Kawagoe 川越
Shimano Coffee Taisyoukan シマノコーヒー大正館 - CAFE 喫茶店 (1) (2)

Kyoto 京都
Ine 京・嵐山　稲 - Warabimochi わらび餅 (1)
Mameyagenzo 豆屋源蔵 - Tofu とうふ料理

Yokohama 横浜
Ichifuji Oden 一富士 おでん - Oden おでん (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Nangokusyuka 南国酒家 - Chinese 中華 (1) (2) (3)
Tenichi 天一　- Tenpura 天ぷら : Restaurants: Tokyo area PART 2

Restaurants: San Francisco area

2008-08-15 | My Favorites-お気に入り
AMERICAN
Corkscrew Cafe - Carmel Valley
Gabriella Café - Santa Cruz
Happy Hound - Los Gatos (1)
In-N-Out Burger - lots of locations
Mirepoix - Windsor (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Original Pancake House - Cupertino / Los Altos
Seven Restaurant & Lounge - San Jose
Terra - St Helena (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

BISTRO
Bouchon - Yountville (1) (2)

CALIFORNIAN
Foreign Cinema - San Francisco (1)
Chez Panisse - Berkeley

CHINESE
369 Shanghai Restaurant - Fremont (1)
ABC - Milpitas
China Stix - Santa Clara
Darda Seafood Restaurant - Milpitas
Joy Luck Place - Cupertino
King Egg Roll - San Jose
Koi Palace - Daly City
Mayflower - Milpitas

COFFEE HOUSE
Caffe Espresso - San Francisco
Coupa Café - Palo Alto

FRENCH
French Laundry - Yountville (1) (2)
La Forêt - San Jose
Manresa - Los Gatos

INDIAN
Amber India - Mountain View / San Jose

ITALIAN
Café Marcella - Los Gatos (1) *** CLOSED ***
Casanova - Carmel by the Sea
Mescolanza - San Francisco
Mocca (deli) - San Francisco
Osteria - Palo Alto (1)

JAPANESE
Gochi - Cupertino (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)
Gombei - San Jose (1)
Kirala - Berkeley
Kubota - San Jose
Saizo - Sunnyvale
Sushi On The Run - Los Gatos
Sushi Kuni - Cupertino
Tanto - San Jose / Santa Clara
Yume-Ya - Sunnyvale

KOREAN
Gaesung House of Tofu - Santa Clara

MALAYSIAN
Layang Layang - Cupertino (1)

MEDITERRANEAN
Café Giraltar - El Granada

MEXICAN
Cazuelas - San Jose
El Jardin - San Jose (1) (2)
Las Brasas - San Jose (1)

PERSIAN
Chatanoga - Santa Clara
Islaha Kabob - San Jose

PIZZA
Cicero's Pizza - San Jose (1)

SEAFOOD
Passionfish - Pacific Grove

SPECIALTY
Creekside Smokehouse - El Granada (store)

SPANISH
Iberia - Menlo Park

SWEETS
Satura Cakes - Los Altos / Palo Alto

THAI
Krung Thai - San Jose

VIETNAMESE
Vung Tau - San Jose

Winery: California

2008-08-15 | My Favorites-お気に入り
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Far Niente - Oakville (1)
Francis Ford Coppola: Moving On - Geyserville (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Georis Winery - Carmel Valley (1)
Kenwood Vineyards - Kenwood
Opus One Winery - Oakville (1) (2) (3) (4)
Ridge Vineyards - Cupertino / Healdsburg (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
Robert Mondavi Winery - Oakville
Rubicon Estate Winery (formerly Niebaum Coppola Estate Winery) - Rutherford (1) (2) (3) (4)
York Creek Vineyards - no visitor center (1) (2)

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Michael-David Vineyards - Lodi (1)

Restaurants: Tokyo area 2007 version

2007-12-19 | My Favorites-お気に入り
2007 FINAL VERSION

AMERICAN アメリカン
7025 Franklin Ave 7025 フランクリンアベニュー - Gotanda 五反田 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Manhattan Deli マンハッタン・デリ - Roppongi 六本木 (1) (2)

CAFE/DESSERT 喫茶店・カフェ・デザート
Cozy Corner コージーコーナー - various いろいろ　（大塚、新宿駅、銀座） (1)
FLO Prestige フロプレステージュ - JR Akihabara station Soubu line platform ＪＲ秋葉原駅総武線下りホーム (1) (2)
Mansei 肉の万世 - Akihabara, Osaki 秋葉原、大崎 (1) (2)
Sembikiya 千疋屋 - Nihonbashi, Tokyo station 日本橋、東京駅 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Ginza Sembikiya 銀座千疋屋 - Ginza 銀座
Kyobashi Sembikiya 京橋千疋屋 - Harajuku, Tokyo Station 原宿、東京駅
Toraya とらや - Roppongi, Ginza 六本木、銀座 (1)

CHINESE 中華
Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豊 - Shiodome 汐留 (1)
Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant 南翔饅頭店 - Roppongi 六本木
Ohtori-Ken 鳳凰軒 - Nihonbashi Bakurocho 日本橋馬喰町 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Robert's Shanghai Home Dining - Yoyogi 代々木 (1) (2)

FRENCH フレンチ
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon ラトリエドゥ・ジョエルロブション- Roppongi 六本木

INDIAN インド
Raj Mahal ラージマハール - Shibuya 渋谷 / Shinjuku 新宿

ITALIAN イタリアン
Il Boccalone イル　ボッカローネ- Ebisu 恵比寿

IZAKAYA 居酒屋
Issa 一瑳 - Shinjuku NS building 新宿ＮＳ店 (1) (2)
WaZa - Shinjuku 新宿 (1) (2)

JAPANESE OTHERS 和食他
Minafuku Oden 美奈福 おでん - Ningyocho 人形町 (1) (2)
Shabuzen しゃぶ禅 - Shibuya 渋谷 (1) (2)
Takumiya Takoyaki たこやき専門店大阪匠屋 - Harajuku 原宿 (1) (2) (3)

JAPANESE WESTERN STYLE 洋食
Kurofune-tei 黒船亭 - Ueno 上野 (1) (2) (3) (4)
Sakurai さくらい - Yushima 湯島 (1)
Tonkatsu Imoya とんかつ いもや - Jinbocho 神保町 (1) (2)

NOODLE 麺類
Kourakuen Chuukasoba 幸楽苑　中華そば - various いろいろ（秋葉原） (1) (2)
Ramen Suica らーめん粋家 - inside station (Ueno) 駅中（上野） (1) (2)
Ramen Tenjinshita Daiki らーめん天神下 大喜 - Yushima 湯島 (1) (2)

SUSHI 寿司
Umai Sushikan うまい鮨勘 - Tsukiji 築地市場店

TEMPURA 天ぷら
Daikokuya Tempura 大黒家天麩羅 - Asakusa 浅草 (1) (2) (3) (4)

TEPPANYAKI 鉄板焼き

YAKITORI 焼き鳥
Torigen 鳥元 - Ueno, Suidoubashi 上野、水道橋 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Gochi Favorites

2006-10-31 | My Favorites-お気に入り
Many friends keep asking me about recommendations at Gochi for dinner.
I really like everything but here is a simple list of recommendations for you beginners:
(note: **** highly recommended)

SPECIALS (available only sometimes):
Eryngii no steak saute (sauted eryngii mushroom slices) ****
Teba no shichimi yaki (grilled chicken wings with japanese spices)
Madai carpaccio (red snapper) ****
Madai sashimi (red snapper) ****
Salmon & Potatoe Cream Croquette ****
Madai Steak with Wasabi Sauce (red snapper) ****

STARTER:
Yakko (cold tofu) ****
Chuka fu yakko (cold tofu with chinese style topping)
Hiyashi tomatoe (cold tomatoe slices) ****
Ankimo (monk fish liver pate) ****
Tori soboro natto lettuce maki (ground chicken & fermented soybean lettuce wrap)

SALAD:
Sakana iroiro salad (raw seafood toppings) ****
Tako salad (cold boiled octopuss & garlic chip)
Meyasai salad (various sprouts)

CARPACCIO:
Aji carpaccio (spanish mackerel)
Saba carpaccio (mackerel)
Hamachi carpaccio (yellow tail) ****
Salmon carpaccio

PAN SAUTEED & GRILLED:
Kuro buta steak (grilled pork) ****
Aigamo steak (grilled duck) ****
Angus beef steak
Wafu hamburger (Japanese style hamburger steak) ****
Gin dara ume sauce (cod munieru) ****
Shishamo (grilled smelt fish)

BRAISED & STEAMED:
Buta kakuni (braised pork) ****
Asari sakamushi (clams steamed in sake) ****
Pari pari okoge chuuka annkake (burnt rice with chinese style sause) ****

STIR FRIES:
Buta kimchee (pork & kimchee)
Shiso mentaiko beefun (spicy cod roe noodles)

DEEP FRIES:
Kurobuta katsu (pork cutlet) ****
Kisu tempura (kisu fish) ****
Anago tempura (sea eel) ****

OVEN:
Potatoe gratin - mentaiko (potatoe topped with cheese & spicy codroe) ****
Fusion pizza - mentai kinoko (topped with mushroom & spicy codroe) ****
Nikomi Hamburger Cheese Yaki ****

RICE:
Anango meshi (sea eel) ****
Sake oyako meshi (grilled salmon & salmon roe)
Sake ochazuke (2) ****
Yaki onigiri ****
Yaki onigiri ochazuke ****

HOT POT:
Buta chige nabe (Korean style hot pot with pork & kimchee)

NOODLE:
Yaki udon (stir fried thick noodle)
Nuumen (soup with thin noodle) ****

DESSERT:
Green tea creme brulee ****
Earl grey creme brulee ****
Green tea ice cream with azuki ****
Yuzu mousse ****