Cold Holiday Weekend

It was an Independence day weekend. There were events and fireworks, but I didn't feel like being active because it was COLD!
It's not rare to have fog and cool weather around this time of the year, but it was especially cold this weekend.
So, we just stayed home and opened wine.

The wine we chose was MICHEL & STEPHANE OGIER COTE-ROTIE 2007.
We decanted it for half a day but should have opened earlier, even the day before: you could tell that this wine had good quality, but was still closed.
Most of the wine was saved for the next day. This time, it was full of fruits, flowers and spices. Gorgeous.

JC cooked Chicken Chasseur to pair with the wine.  He used sour cream, not cream, so the flavor was rich but not heavy.  I liked this version.

We ended our holiday with  a cocktail: Peach Bourbon Sour.
JC made peach bourbon by soaking peach skin, sugar and black pepper in bourbon for 2 days.
The spiciness of the black pepper was subtle, but gave a real kick.