Briar Rose’s 3rd Anniversary BBQ
 Briar Rose Winery, known as Temecula’s premier boutique winery, celebrated its 3rd anniversary in style this past Saturday night with a reservation-only BBQ dinner, great friends, and of course, fantastic award-winning Briar Rose wine.
About 50 wine club members and guests filled Briar Rose’s back courtyard on what turned out to be a gorgeous, warm summer evening. The Disney-esque setting (their main building was built to replicate Snow White’s cottage) added to the intimacy and quaintness as devotees of owner and winemaker Les Linkogle’s vintages enjoyed his 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2009 Estate Viognier (my wine “Pick of the Week” back in May of this year), and 2004 CabernetFranc. There are very few things more pleasurable than sitting in the warm Temecula sun, chatting with friends, and sipping such exquisite wine. A special and private affair.
Guests also enjoyed a scrumptious traditional BBQ dinner – pulled pork, tri-tip beef, and chicken topped the menu. The main course was enhanced by red onion poppy seed salad, scalloped potatoes, fruit salad, beans, and rolls. The Cab Franc paired especially well with the pulled pork.
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Winery Review: Briar Rose Winery
When you first step onto the property of Briar Rose Winery you might think you've stepped into a Brother's Grimm fairytale high in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by authentic Snow White cottages and Cinderella's soundtrack serenading you as you enter the winery, you more accurately stepped into a true piece of Disney history, right here in Temecula.
Briar Rose, named after the Grimm's version of Sleeping Beauty, is a quaint boutique winery hidden in the hills of Temecula wine country. Like the entryway waterfall which hails from the original Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.
Built for his wife in 1968 by Belden Fields, one of the creators of Disneyland, the Snow White cottages sat atop a vast valley of olive trees and orange groves. Callaway, his closet neighbor at the time, actually gifted him with one of their olive trees for a 25 cent deliver fee when the groves were torn out to make way for their current day vineyards. This massive, still producing olive tree shades the grounds outside Briar Rose and remains the oldest olive tree in Southern California. This property is peppered with whimsical tributes to Disney including original artwork memorabilia, fairytale statues and hidden messages in the plaster of the cottage walls only visible at sunset.
It is obvious why Les and Dorian Linkogle fell in love with the property and decided to start one of the Valley's most unique boutique wineries, offering super premium mega wines.
Anothr Day in Temecula Wine Country
Another day in Temecula Wine Country with Paula & Chris… with its breathtaking natural beauty,and warm soothing weather. The snow capped mountains and bright yellow mustard plants growing between fields of vines were all ingredients for the perfect Spring day.
 We started off our Temecula wine tour at Paula and Chris’s house. They have the perfect set up for a wine party. Their house is filled with wine décor featuring framed wine art, wine bottle peppermill, ceramic wine chiller, wine plates, slate cheese tray, wine lamp, professional wine opener, dual temp wine refrigerator and more… and just about every wine accessory imaginable. Though I noticed on our last wine trip they were missing one of our best sellers the Clef Du Vin Pocket Professional. So, Sean and I brought one with us on our visit to Temecula. We had fun testing our favorite wine accessories and aerator together.
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Wines of Briar Rose Winery
Strange Fruit: Temecula Tuesday #5: Tasting Two Whimsical Whites by Briar Rose Winery
I can say without even a shadow of a doubt that as a whole, this is the most impressive winery I have found in the Temecula Valley (and believe me, there are some pretty amazing competitors.) During my visit, I had the opportunity to try a total of eleven wines. Each and every one of them deserves a place in the spotlight, but there is absolutely no way that I would be able to cover them all without writing a post that would rival the length of War and Peace.
So to keep things interesting and short at the same time, I’m going to break my tasting up into three separate posts (one white, one red, and one exclusively for their Cabernet Sauvignons.) I don’t want to give you an overdose of Briar Rose, so instead of doing these posts three weeks in a row, I’m going to be spreading them out between my other Temecula Tuesday articles, so if you like what you’re reading so far, be sure to keep checking back for more on this incredible winery.
So let’s get down to business. I already did the best job I possibly could describing this “fairy tale” winery in last week’s post, so if you missed it, check it out here before reading on. Today’s wines are some of the strangest, most creative viticultural experiments I have ever encountered. Both of them break the rules in ways that most winemaker’s have never even thought of, and I can say with a good degree of certainty that you’ll never find anything quite like them anywhere else.
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A Hidden "Gem" in Temecula Wine Country: Briar Rose Winery
As a San Diego county resident and unofficially self-proclaimed cork-dork I've been to Temecula's wine country many times and until recently I was unaware of one of Temecula's hidden gems [I guess I really didn't do my homework]. So with my GPS firmly ensconced on my dash board, I set off to find Briar Rose, yes I took the typical exits from the I-15 and started inland, only to found myself no where near anything that resembled the typical geography associated with a trip to wine country, instead I was in suburbia, heading down what nearly appeared to be a dead end street lined with some very well appointed homes. As I traveled on, I started up this hill and started to see signs that I was indeed heading to wine country. In fact I would call it an oasis in a sea of sameness [their wine style is definitely old-world] and as I crested the hill, there it was Briar Rose atop this hill overlooking Temecula.
But how did I hear about this wonderful little winery in Temecula, well I was contacted by a friend of Briar Rose Winery to come out sip their selection, see the winery and meet the wonderful folks who make the aptly named Briar Rose a flower among the thorns. They had asked other bloggers [whom I won't mention] but these so-called "other" wine bloggers dismissed this opportunity. I guess I was a 2nd or 3rd choice, but when the red carpet was rolled out as I arrived, I thought hmmm maybe they were expecting someone else, but no the Cuvee Corner Wine Blog's humble correspondent [well technically the only one] was asked to write a review of Briar Rose Winery. I was so glad, I had the opportunity and everyone was extremely gracious, friendly and welcoming [yep all three] to me, it's has been about two months since I've been there [I'm sure they were wondering when I would write it] and my notes, photographs and videos are vivid reminders of the of the sights, sounds and taste of the wonderful wine[s] being made there.
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Briar Rose Winery, known as Temecula’s premier boutique winery, celebrated its 3rd anniversary in style this past Saturday night with a reservation-only BBQ dinner, great friends, and of course, fantastic award-winning Briar Rose wine.
