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The story of Mas de Daumas Gassac reads like a fairy tale. A newlywed couple, upon learning that the farmland they have purchased happens to have the unique soil structure and microclimate of a grand cru vineyard site, sets out to produce a wine to prove it. The resulting wines have few, if any, direct comparisons. The red is primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, but has a total of 25 varieties.…
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The latest from our journal:
Mas Daumas Gassac Podcast
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"A dinner which ends without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye." -Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin "S'il qui mange du fromage, s'il ne le fait, il enrage." (He who does not eat cheese will go mad.) (French proverb) In a previous occupation, I was a cheese monger, so no doubt this post will seem biased, but I wanted to say a few words about cheese rinds. Full disclosure: I am an unrepentant…
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From our journal archives:
Rind and all
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The story of Mas de Daumas Gassac reads like a fairy tale. A newlywed couple, upon learning that the farmland they have purchased happens to have the unique soil structure and microclimate of a grand cru vineyard site, sets out to produce a wine to prove it. The resulting wines have few, if any, direct comparisons. The red is primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, but has a total of 25 varieties.…
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The latest from our journal:
Mas Daumas Gassac Podcast
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2009 Beaujolais. People couldn’t get enough of it. Jancis Robinson, whose wine opinion I value more than any other on the planet, called 2009 “The Year of Beaujolais”. Countless other writers and critics were early adopters compounding the fervor of the vintage. If the title of this post makes no sense to you, I will quickly provide a diatribe on perceived wine snobbery and…
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From our journal archives:
2009: The Year of Beaujolais That Took Me a Year to Understand
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The story of Mas de Daumas Gassac reads like a fairy tale. A newlywed couple, upon learning that the farmland they have purchased happens to have the unique soil structure and microclimate of a grand cru vineyard site, sets out to produce a wine to prove it. The resulting wines have few, if any, direct comparisons. The red is primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, but has a total of 25 varieties.…
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The latest from our journal:
Mas Daumas Gassac Podcast
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Stephen Tanzer has a new website called Winophilia . It is a more broadly focused sister to his International Wine Cellar publication and website. On the Winophilia site he has a section called Sommelier Roundtable in which he poses a question every few weeks to a number of sommeliers around the country. He recently sent out a question about the relevance of Bordeaux in todays wine world. Below…
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From our journal archives:
Questioning Cabernet
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nopa is a San Francisco gathering place north of the Panhandle, serving urban rustic food and specializing in organic wood-fired cuisine. We serve simple food created with seasonal ingredients sourced from local purveyors.
This philosophy is shared by our organic Mexican kitchen, nopalito.
Evening parking is available at the DMV lot on Broderick between Oak & Fell. The cost is $10.
Hours
We are open seven days a week, serving dinner from 6 p.m. until 1 a.m.
Monday through Friday, our bar opens at 5 p.m and serves bar snacks until 6 p.m.
Brunch is served Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The bar opens at 10:30 a.m. and stays open until 1 a.m.
Reservations
We accept reservations up to one month in advance. Use the form below, or call any day after 2 p.m. We also have a large community table and bar that serve our full menu and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Announcements
Beginning April 17th, Tomatero Farms, one of our purveyors in Watsonville, will be offering a weekly CSA. For those in the Western Addition, Nopa will be the pick-up spot beginning on this date. Check out their site for more details. http://www.tomaterofarm.com/delivery/
Want More Nopa? For a daily behind the scenes look of our San Francisco Gathering Place, check out our blog, Nopalize.
Photo: Nopa is in Sicily!…Kind of… This from our friend David Feldstein. 
