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‘Winemakers’ finalist Ross Outon: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?
For Austinite Ross Outon, being a wine freak is finally paying off.
As a wine consultant for Twin Liquors, Ranch 616 and several other restaurants and stores, Outon has been a heavy hitter in the Austin wine scene for many years, and over the past six weeks, he’s been competing on the PBS reality show “The Winemakers,” which concludes tomorrow. Outon is one of three finalists, and the winner gets to produce his own wine label.
In addition to a standard kitchen fridge, Outon also keeps a wine fridge stocked with special occasion bottles. He says it’s usually packed with dessert wines, which aren’t as versatile and regularly consumed at his house as reds and whites. He’s even got a few good reds and champagnes that he’s holding on to for a really special event.
“The regular fridge is where the daily drinking stuff is,” he says, noting the importance of keeping wine cool after a bottle as been opened.
At 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, Twin Liquors Marketplace at 41st and Red River streets will host a watch party so you can watch with Outon and his fans to see who won.
Here’s to hoping tomorrow brings him something worth toasting with one of those fancy bottles.
What three things are always in your fridge? Lone Star, orange juice, Tabasco
What’s your favorite condiment? I’m huge lover of cool mustards. French’s old school yellow mustard, at least one kind of Dijon. Right now I’ve got a spicy brown mustard from Germany and Jack Daniel’s Honey Dijon.
What’s the first thing you pull your of your fridge in the morning? Orange juice. I drink either straight or in a smoothie.
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By leigh
October 30, 2009 3:18 PM | Link to this
jack daniels makes MUSTARD?! my world just changed.
-leigh austineatssandwiches.wordpress.com
By cna classes
June 28, 2010 3:28 AM | Link to this
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