El Bloggo Torcido - Twisted Oak Winery

There's a Bathroom on the Right...

or rather, there's a Bad Moon on the Rise! Yet another great Twisted After Dark - featuring a Syrah vertical, yet another great batch of treats by Erin (the eyeballs were awesome!), some great pumpkins, a cool Twisted Crew, and a blood red moon*... (photo of the Twisted Oak by G Stai!)


above: Toni, Steph, H (right hand green!) - below: Erin


above: Bite here! - below: Write here! (Fermento "at work")

* Said Moon caused by the smoke from those awful fires in Southern California. Let's do what we can to help those families that lost everything!

Clearing Storm

We had a little storm today, hope you enjoy these photos of the storm clearing... We're into our cool crisp days of Autumn up here, you really should come!

(click on the image to see a larger version)

Below: Tanner (left) and Vallecito (right) vineyards.

Below: Our gravity flow crush pad, and a little cool landscaping!

Below: The Twisted Oak, laden with acorns!

Twisted Oak Watch #1

Here is an article from the Morgan County (GA) Citizen for January 2, 2007:

Rutledge Residents Invest in Restaurant, Put a Spin on Downtown Monroe

"Rutledge residents Rich and Enola Lane have jumped on the bandwagon, investing in a new restaurant on Monroe's Broad Street called Twisted Oak Fireside Grill."

The place actually sounds pretty cool, I wish they had some pictures. So I went looking on Google and found a post that referred to the Twisted Oak Woodfire Grill in Monroe. (A quick phone call established that the latter name is correct - so much for accurate reporting in Monroe County.) But no pictures.

Back to the article, here is the money quote for me:

"In the spring of 2006 the Lanes and the Kings met ... to discuss collaboration in a new restaurant in downtown Monroe....

"Robert King came up with the idea for the name of the restaurant, an appropriate moniker for the 'Contemporary American' fare conceived by Nancy King. Much like a 'twisted oak,' her culinary style is rooted in traditional American foods 'twisted' with a spin of European and Asian pizzazz [sic]."

I suppose this is what you have to do when you don't have a tree... still, once we get compliant and represented in Georgia, it would be cool to be on their wine list!

If anyone can come up with a picture, please let me know! Or any other "Twisted Bidnesses" out there...

Moonrise...

I had promised myself no more photo essays for a while, but then this happened tonight - I'm sure you'll understand. Back to the pithy commentary tomorrow! Taken January 2, 2007 at The Twisted Oak by El Jefe. Click for larger image.

Winter Light

The Twisted Oak, Sunday afternoon in December, by El Jefe.