Saturday was an absolutely lovely day, and as a bonus the Hastings
farmer's market moves to every Saturday in June. Spent a bit of time
at office, then went to market. Except for lettuce, too early to
really get the bounty of local produce, but they now have some good
meat and seafood suppliers. I had gotten a couple of veal chops, but
was concerned they were small, when a friend mentioned how great the
sea scallops were from one vendor. So surf and turf!

We decided to do it in courses. I took care of the scallops, just a
sear in garlicky olive oil then lemon and chives for a sauce. We had a
375 of the 2007 Vincent Mothe Chablis AC, a clean and fresh Chard with
no apparent oak. Fuji and Granny Smith apple, just a hint of chalk,
very good acidity, not riveting but an easy drinker and nice match
with the sweet scallops.

Betsy had everything prepped for the veal chops with sage leaves, with
some leftover asparagus, quinoa/bean salad, and greens. These chops
are grass fed, so a bit less delicate (and redder and more "beefy") .
Usually I do a bigger white (Gruner anyone?) with veal chops, but
these seemed to edge more towards red. I compromised with a pinkie,
the 2008 Lucia Vineyards "Lucy" rose (Santa Lucia Highlands). I
confess I mainly bought this because Lucy is our dog's name. Lucy the
wine is a rose of Pinot Noir, outside a few top Loires not my favorite
grape for pink. This is not bad, on the bigger side of rose, with rich
strawberry sorbet, a hint of herbs, and a not-unpleasant bitter note
on finish. I can't say I love it, but I certainly like it, and would
buy again (but partly due to name, and that $1 goes to breast cancer
research). I'm a sucker. B

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.*