Comments on: Rail Bridge Cellars: Drink Local

By: sac-eats

sac-eats — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:02:31 +0000

Just be lucky I didn’t say “broasting.”

By: Stickie

Stickie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:29:26 +0000

Fricken Chicassee! I mean… Chicken Fricassee.

By: sac-eats

sac-eats — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:10:44 +0000

No, I meant fricasseeing. I even made sure that I spelled it right.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:40:36 +0000

Uhh, fricassee is actually meant to imply a chopped meat dish. What does that have to do with wine making? Are you talking about siphoning?

By: RunnerGirl

RunnerGirl — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:51:44 +0000

Stickie: In the interest of marital harmony, I am not going near the whole “local” vs. “locally” thing.

I did, however, recently get a shout-out on the Grammar Girl podcast for writing in about the wrongful omission of “from” when people reference graduating from college or high school. Many people say, “I graduated high school in ‘88,” when they should say, “I graduated from high school in ‘88.”

I must commend you on your proper use of the possessive case pronoun in front of the gerund with “your combining.”

Sac-eats just pointed out that I am the Scalia to his Ginsberg with grammar: He takes a more creative approach, while I am am a strict traditionalist.

Oh, and Rail Bridge rocks — Jon is a cool guy.

By: sac-eats

sac-eats — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:14:10 +0000

Ah, Stickie, you bring up a good point. There are actually shades of meaning to be discussed regarding the use of “local,” in place of (rather than mistakenly for) “locally,” when using the imperative verb buy/eat/drink. I don’t think I could do the topic justice, so I’ll leave it to my linguist friends at the language log to clarify: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005123.html

By: stickie

stickie — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:34:58 +0000

Both of these wines are excellent. Damn excellent. I look forward to new creations and seeing these wines around Sacramento more in the future.

As for your headline, Apple Computers may approve of your combining an adjective with a verb (in command form), but Mrs. Eats may scold you later for not opting for an adverb.

By: wburg

wburg — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:16:12 +0000

Not so much trailblazing as following the ruts of a long-abandoned trail: Sacramento used to have several urban wineries along R Street and 21st Street, in the same part of town as the old Buffalo Brewery. Plus, Revolution Wines has been running their winemaking operation in the same neighborhood for about a year now.

Nice to see the idea is spreading–and it’s an ideal repurposing for the cool old industrial buildings along North 16th.

By: DB

DB — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:13:59 +0000

Jazz Jubilee this weekend! Whooooo! Zydeco!`