(upbeat theme music) - Hello everybody, and
welcome to The Balancing Act.
I'm Julie Moran.
- And I'm Olga Villaverde.
Today we're serving up so many delicious ideas.
- That's right, and Chef Ralph Pagano is back with us!
So happy he's in the kitchen with
a blue cheese quick bites.
- [Olga] Mm, and what goes well with cheese?
- [Julie] Well, wine.
- [Olga] Vino.
- [Julie] I'll drink to that.
- I love it.
We'll be wine tasting and food pairing,
so I know she can't wait.
- Plus, we're talking hair color,
and how to pick the best look for you.
- [Olga] That's right.
Plus, it's that time of year, vacation!
Whether you're young or young at heart,
there's always something to do in Florida,
so pack your bags, Julie because...
- [Julie] That and so much more coming your way.
- [Olga] It all starts...
- Right now, let's take a sip.
- Salud.
Oh, the joy of wine, vino.
Today I'm joined by Reagan Rombauer from
Rombauer Vineyards.
You know, they're a multi-generational
family-owned company, and recognized for creating wines
which offer superior character, style, and value.
Good morning.
- Thank you so much for having me today.
- Thanks for being here today because when you say wine,
Julie and I just go, "Yes, yes, yes!"
Now you are a third generation Rombauer.
- I am, I would love to share a little bit of history.
My grandparents grew up in an agricultural community
in Southern California, and after they left high school,
they went off and did different things.
My grandfather joined the California Air
National Guard as a pilot, and then he had a career
as a commercial pilot.
And when they were looking for a place
to settle down and raise their family,
they wanted the same sort of community that they grew up in
and ended up in the Napa Valley.
- [Olga] That area is so pretty, isn't it?
- [Reagan] So beautiful, really special place.
- [Olga] And then from there?
- [Reagan] From there, they really fell
in love with the community, made wonderful
friends and neighbors, and they taught them
about the wine industry.
- [Olga] Oh my goodness, and that's how this came about?
- [Reagan] That's how this happened.
They wanted their own business, and in 1980, they started
Rombauer Vineyards.
- Fantastic, and they came up with beautiful wines.
We're going to talk about them, but I also just wanted
viewers to know that you're also related to the
author of the Joy of Cooking.
Who doesn't have that book in their house?
I do.
- [Reagan] It's in many American homes.
- [Olga] And that's family to you too.
- So my grandfather's great aunt,
Irma Rombauer, wrote the Joy of Cooking,
and just like she like to spread the joy of cooking
with people, we spread the joy of wine with the world.
- Alright, so let's spread that love of wine this morning.
This is my favorite, I have to just
right now tell everybody, chardonnay is my go-to.
Tell me about this about this one.
- I think many people would agree with you.
Rombauer Chardonnay is made from some of the top
chardonnay vineyards in the Napa Valley and Sonoma.
It's a classic California-style of chardonnay
meaning it's full-bodied, it has fruit, oak,
vanilla and butter, and it's all knit together with acid.
The acid is what keeps it nice and bright and fresh
in your mouth, and why it pairs so beautifully with food,
and why you want another glass of it.
- Oh, I love it.
I could actually two,
but not this morning.
That would be for the evening.
- Later.
- Alright, here we have Cab?
- This is a special Cab that we have here today.
This is our Rombauer Diamond Selection Cab,
and what makes this special is it's the top barrels
out of our cabernet program, so only the best of the
best is making this wine.
Just like diamonds are a girl's best friend,
the Diamond Selection Cab's gonna be your
favorite new wine for special occasions.
- I love it, and you paired it with a nice steak.
- Beautiful steak here, can't go wrong with that.
- Okay, last but not least.
We've got a beautiful dessert, and you paired it
with a Zinfandel.
- Zinfandel, yeah.
- Popular?
- Very popular, it's our second most popular wine
after our chardonnay, can you believe it?
It sells out so quickly every year after we release it,
and paired with this chocolate cake,
oh my gosh, so scrumptious.
- [Olga] What's so good about it?
- Dark fruit, a little vanilla, a little spice in there,
all well balanced.
And what's amazing about this is some of the fruit
comes from vineyards that are over 100 years old.
You're gonna get beautiful concentrated fruit
and just that rich flavor.
- Ah, such a pleasure.
Alright, so I heard your favorite is over here,
which we have not talked about yet, so tell us about it.
- Yeah, so this is our whole portfolio.
So in addition to the wines that we've discussed already,
we also have our Merlot as well as,
my personal favorite and the perfect summer wine,
and the newest addition to our portfolio,
our Sauvignon Blanc.
- Alright, I know Sauvignon Blanc is your favorite,
but I have chardonnay here, is that okay?
- Sounds great.
- Alright, so we can not end this segment without
making a toast.
- Speaking of toast, I brought my own
Zinfandel to this party.
- Timing as always, Ralph, thank you so much.
Alright let's try it.
Oh, fantastic.
- [Ralph] That's good stuff.
- Yes, it is.
Reagan, for our viewers out there
who would like more information, where do they go?
- [Reagan] You go onto our website, Rombauer.com
where you can purchase directly from us
or use our locator app, where you put in your zip code
and find out where you can find it around you.
- There's an app for everything.
- I love technology.
- Of course you can always go to our website,
and that's TheBalancingAct.com.
This has been so much fun.
- This is fantastic, and though I hate to do this,
I'm gonna have to ask you ladies to clear the kitchen.
I've got a blue cheese segment comin' up
that's going to blow you away.
- Alright, we gotta go Reagan.
You have fun.
- Cheers, ladies!
- We love you Ralph.
- And now I've got all the wine and the blue cheese to myself,
this is my kind of party.
(upbeat theme music) - Summertime means
vacation time.
Packing up the family and heading out
across our great country.
So whether your travels take you across the Sunshine State,
or points north, east, or west, at the end of the day,
it's nice to have a place that makes you feel right at home.
Florida has some amazing attractions.
My family and I are here near the Space Coast,
home to Cape Canaveral, the Kennedy Space Center,
and so much more.
After a busy day of sightseeing, having a comfy, welcoming place
to spend the night or day is just what I need.
Hi, Scott.
I'm so excited to be here at Country Inn and Suites
by Radisson, you guys are really good
at providing travelers with that warm welcome.
- That's exactly how we want you to feel
when you walk in the door we want you to feel warm,
welcome, and at home.
- And we really just wanna be heartfelt hosts
and we do that through a variety of amenities
for our guests.
Free wi-fi throughout the entire hotel,
and of course, that great hot complimentary breakfast
that they can enjoy.
I think the big thing with the breakfast
is those waffles, that's what we're known for.
- Looks good huh?
- [Laura] People can make those hot waffles
by themselves with an array of toppings,
you've got strawberries, you've got maple syrup,
you've got whipped cream, it's absolutely delicious.
(laughs) - [Christina] Want some more?
- [Laura] And you can have fun making it yourself as well.
- [Christina] It's really important that
my kids are reading during the summer
so how can you help us out with that?
- We have out Read It and Return Lending Library.
You can come on in, pick out a book with your kids,
and you don't even have to return it.
You can take it home, maybe bring it back
to another Country Inn and Suites,
or just keep it for yourself.
- Julianna, how's your book?
- [Julianna] Good.
- Is it good?
- [Julianna] Yeah.
- Smile, say cheese.
- [Laura] The cookies are a huge hit.
They're hot, they're fresh, they're complimentary,
so as soon as people walk in the door,
they can go ahead and treat themselves and grab one,
and it just starts their whole stay out
in a wonderful way.
- My favorite cookies were chocolate chip cookies.
- And here you guys also do a lot for the military, right?
- We do.
Through our Military First Program,
we have special rates available for active-duty and veterans
here in leisure travel.
- And a special way for us to say thank you
is our thank you note boxes where our guests can come in,
write a special note, and then we deliver it
to our military serving across the world
so they can look at it and know that people
are thinking about them and appreciate them.
(upbeat ukulele music) - One thing not to be missed
is pool time.
After the end of a long day, there is nothing
more relaxing or fun than jumping into
the pool and spending quality time with family.
- "I love this country" is more than just
an expression to us, it's what we're all about.
- Oh, look at these nice beds.
- There's two TVs.
- [Laura] Making people feel warm and welcome and
they enjoy their stay and we really wanna be
their heartfelt host and make them feel comfortable.
- We have promotions available all year
and you can find them on CountryInn.com.
- I love this country!
(commecial) (upbeat theme music)
- Welcome back, well, you know, Ralph clearly
told me to get out of the kitchen.
- He cleared you out of that kitchen.
But he truly is our treasure so it's appropriate.
He's in his kitchen cave with Treasure Cave Blue Cheese.
- Now's the time for casual get togethers,
barbecues, and family celebrations.
And there's nothing more red, white, and blue
than the first American made blue cheese.
Today, I've got some quick and easy ways to use
Treasure Cave Blue Cheese.
Over here on my left, I've got some chicken
going on my handy dandy indoor grill.
But we'll get to that in a minute.
First, let's check out these salads.
I got a couple of options right here,
let's talk about the classic.
Blue cheese wedge.
Blue cheese crumbles on top of iceberg lettuce
with blue cheese dressing all from Treasure Cave
and all delicious.
How bout right over there?
Jalapeno heat and honey fruit salad.
All brought together with goat cheese,
and some jalapenos, some honey, and some toasted almonds,
and you've got a taste sensation.
And for summer, let's get our hands dirty
by dipping our fingers into some delicious dips
right here our bluesy shrimp taco dip.
And how bout we summer in the Mediterranean?
Hummus spread made with Treasure Cave feta crumbles.
It looks good, it tastes good, and boy, oh boy, it is all good.
But now, we shift your attention to main course.
I present to you for your approval
buffalo grilled chicken blue cheese bonanza.
With a name like that, it's gotta be delicious, right?
We're reconstructing the buffalo chicken wing.
I'm using chicken breast right here,
which I marinated with a bit of heat,
some buffalo hot sauce.
And then I grilled them, you know,
perfectly to perfection.
Then I'm gonna complete the dish with classic homemade
blue cheese dressing.
And this is my easy, go-to, you're gonna make
it your easy go-to.
I'm gonna start the dish off right here.
Mayonnaise enters the game creamy and nice.
Everywhere mayonnaise go, sour cream likes to run behind.
To that, I add red wine vinegar,
a dose of lemon juice, granulated garlic to give
it a little bit of bite, some pepper for some spice,
good old fashioned salt, and lots of Treasure Cave
blue cheese crumbles.
Gonna put 'em all in there.
But everything I got coming to me.
Gonna whisk it all together.
Add just a spot of half and half so it's creamy.
I'm gonna get all chef-y on ya.
I've got my plate all ready to go,
I'm gonna drop it down with a little bit of blue cheese
right on it.
Right?
Then we do a little fancy stuff with the
spoon.
Blue cheese is actually white and it gets its blueish streaks
during the aging process.
And my blue cheese is very often a strong, bold flavor.
When cooking, the flavor becomes more mild
and enhances the qualities of the other ingredients
being used.
And the blue vein developed in blue cheese
have a very high anti-inflammatory property,
which means, I'm saying it, blue cheese is good for you
and Treasure Cave is made in Wisconsin,
the blue cheese capital of the United States of America.
I'm gonna top it with just a little
bit more hot sauce.
And then, what are we talking about here?
You know what we're talking about.
We're talking about Treasure Cave blue cheese crumbles.
Look at the size of those crumbles.
These are no little, flaky little guys,
this is a big, great big pieces of blue cheese with that
chicken and that hot sauce and it's a classic combination
that you're gonna love forever.
Hey, I'm a chef, I get fancy.
I throw some carrots, and celery all over the plate.
Some of these celery leaves.
You're gonna love yourself for it.
All these recipes and more can be found at
treasurecavecheese.com or our website,
TheBalancingAct.com.
Remember, this has been a quick bite.
But chew slowly.
(jazzy theme music)
(upbeat theme music) - Ladies, when it
comes to our hair, we want it to look great
all the time, right?
Color matters.
And that's why it's crucial to achieve the best color
for your hair.
- Exactly.
Nothing is better than getting professional treatment
and that means using a well-trained stylist
at your favorite salon who picks the right hair
color product for you.
- And today we've invited Sonya Dove,
this is Wella Professional's Global Creative Ambassador,
I love that big, long title.
We've invited to our studio slash salon
to share her trade secrets.
- And I love her silver shoes, fantastic.
(laughter) We also love these
three gorgeous ladies.
Each got the Wella Professional treatment yesterday.
We're gonna hear all about it in just a minute.
Good morning!
- Good morning.
- It's so great to have you here.
You know, Wella's been doing color
for 135 years.
That's almost unbelievable, isn't it?
- That's great.
- It really is.
And I'm so proud to be a part of it.
- And I read somewhere that Wella, in terms of its products,
every 10 seconds, there is a salon out there
ordering them so they've gotta be really
good and dependable.
- Absolutely, speaks volumes about the company
and really, with their innovation,
new innovations and technology, they've have it,
it exceeds every day.
- Which makes me wonder why a woman--
and I understand, lots of women don't have a lot of time
to go to the salon, they'll do the color at home but,
if you think about, it's a disservice, right?
- Well, to be honest, going to the salon, you're
going to get a full service.
You're going to get advice on your skin tone,
eye color, hair texture, and lifestyle as well.
So it's like going to the doctor's.
You can't get that at home by looking up on your phone.
- Great example.
- Yes, so really, it's extremely important
to get the best advice from a professional.
- And I am so loyal to my stylist,
as I should be, right?
- Absolutely.
- Because they can see you, right?
It's hard to see yourself.
- And I don't know about yours, but mine is very honest with me.
The other day I told her, "You know, Sandy, I think
I'm gonna go a little darker, "what do you think?"
And she looked at me, she goes, "Olga, you're gonna look older."
And I thought, "Okay, forget it."
- Forget it.
So we kept it as is and I appreciate that.
- That authenticness is very, very important
because at the end of the day, you've got to be
present to your client, that person in your chair
giving them the best advice you can.
And like you said, it can make you look older,
it really can, so that's excellent advice.
- [Olga] And we don't want that, right?
- No, we don't want that.
- No, no, no, we don't.
- We wanna go younger and younger
and younger and younger and younger.
- Speaking of young and beautiful,
three beautiful women here today,
Kimberly, Dash, and Skye, they went to Green Room Salon
in Boca Raton, I believe it was yesterday,
we captured this fantastic time.
Let's take a look.
(indie techno music) - [Sonya] You might be
able to get them smoother with a really, really
conditioning treatment like this.
(indie techno music) - What an amazing
day at the salon.
- That was a lot of fun.
- Oh, so fun.
- Alright, so speaking of fun, look at what they
did to Kimberly.
You look fantastic!
- Thank you, thank you.
- Let's talk about it.
- I love it.
- Yes, when I met Kimberly, her natural hair color
is dark and light, I really wanted to
enhance her eye color.
Gorgeous cheek bones.
- Those gorgeous baby blues.
- Yeah, so really to enhance that, I
added some baby blue pieces here with our Wella color
and it's really made such a difference to her face shape,
her lovely eye color, and most of all,
her personality, just brings it out.
- [Julie] And it accents those cheek bones.
Oh my gosh.
- [Olga] You love it.
- Thank you, I love it.
It's so fun.
- [Julie] It looks great.
- Beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, let's deal here with Dash.
She looks fantastic.
- Dash.
Dash's just been a blonde for a long time,
so now she's growing out her deeper hair.
I wanted to enhance the lighter pieces but
not too light on top.
But the most important, when lightening hair,
I used our Wella Plex.
Which is a bond builder, a strengthener,
you put it in the color or lightener,
and as the color's taking, it's really helping
the hair strengthen up.
So I'm sure you really felt the difference yesterday.
- Yes, definitely.
- Yeah, it looks really healthy too
and it strengthens the hair too, right?
- Yes, it does.
It really does.
- It looks great, Dash.
- You're ready to go to a party.
- Ready to go.
(laughs) - Last but not least, Skye.
- Ah, Skye.
Skye's introduction to color, she was a fun character to
talk to during the consultation so I really wanted to add
some Wella bright colors.
And underneath, you can see these lovely
pinks, purples, and blues.
But the key point is, it's a peek-a-boo technique,
so that when she puts her hair up,
and I'm just going to put it up for her
here, you can see that peek-a-boo.
- Oh, look at that.
That's like now you see it, now you don't.
I love that.
- [Olga] How cool is that?
That is great.
- Yes, yes.
And I asked her today, "What did you think?"
And, tell us a little bit about your thoughts.
- I love it, it's fun.
- Yes.
- It's different.
- You might do some more?
- I... probably.
(laughs) - Yes.
- I might go, I might go a little blue
with my blue eyes over here.
- I might do a little red here.
- Rojo.
(laughs) Yes, yes.
- Sonya, thank you so much.
- Thanks.
- It was so great having you in studio today.
- Hopefully you had a great time and we do have to thank
Green Room Salon in Boca Raton.
They really gave you a great time.
- They were fabulous, yes.
- Ah, that's fantastic.
And if you'd like more information
on any of these products, you can go to wella.com.
- Or you can go to our website TheBalancingAct.com.
Yes, girls, ya'll look great.
- Great time, great time.
I love the blue.
- I love all of them.
They're all three different.
They're all three so great.
(upbeat theme music)
(upbeat theme music) - This is my favorite
show in weeks.
What could be better?
Wine and cheese, nothing better than that.
- What could be better?
More wine.
- And more cheese.
And Ralph being back, that was so great.
- So great to have him back.
- We would love for you to head to our Facebook page
and our website and follow us on Twitter.
- And our Instagram which is @JulieAndOlga.
- That's right.
- Thanks for watching, everyone.
She's gonna take another sip and we're gonna say,
"See ya next time."
- We'll see ya, see ya next time.
(upbeat theme music)