Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living

The Weekend: I returned home from California to find the neighborhood Femme Fatale and her new kittens crawling over a month's worth of mail! Know anyone who might need to love a kitten?

This week's Wine: Robison Ranch Cellars 2011 Viognier, $19 a bottle. Among this local winery's port- folio is a brightly "twisted" viognier, a white wine usu- ally known for its tropical fruit nuances. However, the Robison Viognier exhibit's a fall fruit profile wrapped in juicy pear and crisp apple nuances, striking to the cheek, smooth to the tongue, wrapped in chamomile honey.

The Food Pairing: when pairing...