Wine 101
Holiday Party Ideas with Wine
It's time to get creative with your holiday party plans! We've got some tips and tricks for hosting fabulous holiday parties all incorporating great wine ideas!
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Green and Lean
Healthy Holiday Party Tips
There’s no reason you can’t successfully be healthy during the holidays and at all of those holiday parties! It helps to have the right mindset, and a plan for getting through holiday parties keeping your health priorities in check. Here are a few tips and tricks.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Sides
Gia's Grape "Gelly"
Gia Coppola shares the story of how the family would make grape jelly after harvest. Recipe included.
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Wine 101
Wine at Your Holiday Table
When faced with many different food options, it’s hard to know which wine to pick. It’s time to break it down it for you so you will have the perfect wines to serve with your delicious holiday meal this year!
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Wine 101
Holiday Wine & Cheese Pairings
Although there are no rules set in stone about pairing wine and cheese, there are some guidelines to follow as well as classic pairings.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Desserts
Sofia Coppola's Cannoli Recipe
Everyone knows the quote and can typically say it out loud as soon as they see or hear the word: "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." It is one of the most famous quotes from a movie, ever.
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Flavorful recipes
Pasta Fagioli Soup
There are endless variations of this traditional Italian soup, and I've never had one I didn't enjoy. I particularly like this one in fall, when the weather is turning cool hut a few of summers tomatoes linger.
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Roasted Pumpkin Arancini with Gorgonzola Cheese
This Roasted Pumpkin Arancini dish was inspired by a classic seasonal ingredient.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Pastas
Talia's Potato Gnocchi
One of the sweetest and most compelling scenes in Godfather III is when Andy Garcia and Sofia Coppola are alone in a spacious restaurant kitchen making gnocchi together. It is leisurely, nuanced and deliciously sensual.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Zasa Coppola's Genovese-Style Pot Roast
We don't know what type of mushroom she used in her pot roast but if she were cooking it in America, it most likely would have been commercial white mushrooms or canned mushrooms.
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Wild Mushroom Risotto
This rich and creamy risotto showcases the bounty of local wild mushrooms and celebrates the silky and complex Pinot Noir grape of the Russian River Valley.
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Flavorful recipes
Two-Cheese Vegetable Alfredo Pasta Bake
Two-Cheese Vegetable Alfredo Pasta Bake paired with Diamond Collection Chardonnay
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Balsamic Steak and Tomatoes
Balsamic Steak and Tomatoes paired with Diamond Collection Cabernet Sauvignon
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Kid-friendly dinners
Butternut Squash, Spinach, and Chickpea Soup
Butternut Squash, Spinach, and Chickpea Soup paired with Diamond Collection Sauvignon Blanc wine for the parents and apple juice for the little ones.
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Lentil Bolognese Sauce
Lentil Bolognese Sauce paired with Director's Cabernet Sauvignon
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Zuppa di Pesce Alla Napolitana
This classic Neapolitan fish stew has about as many versions of cooks as there are in Napoli. Italia's version includes a bounty of seafood and you do not need to use all of it; just use what you like and what is freshest wherever you are.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Sauces
Zasa's Meat Sauce
Here are one of the two recipes by Italia's mother-in-law that she included in her book, Mama Coppola's Pasta Book. Look for meats cut for scaloppini or ask your butcher if she or he can slice some for you.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Italia's Eggplant Parmigiano
If practice makes perfect, this dish is flawless. When Italia, as a new bride, learned her in-laws were coming and looking forward to her Neapolitan cooking, she understandably grew nervous, so nervous that once she planned the menu, she prepared it every night for a week before Agostino and Marie Coppola arrived.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Lasagna with Meat Sauce
Our sumptuous Lasagna, which features a generous helping of three cheeses along with ground beef and pork pairs well with Merlot.