I would bet that there has never been a post, on a blog or website, about…Google Adsense. Never mind that I now have carpal tunnel clicking on my own Google ads so that I can earn a buck. Never mind that they are tucked way down deep at the bottom of this page. What I…
It’s a wine holiday! Since 2000, a special Saturday night in February has been designated Open That Bottle Night. This year, the special day falls on February 28. A little bit of History about Open That Bottle Night: Most winos have a bottle of wine sitting around that is too fancy or expensive to open…
And here is the report to prove it: The Santa Clarita Vintners and Growers Association held their first meeting of the new year at Ristorante Cavi on Thursday, February 12th. Twenty local growers and wine makers were in attendance all with their hand-crafted wines in “tote.” The excitement level was high as the group had…
We are lucky in Santa Clarita to be blessed with many sushi bars offering all forms of spicy rolls to match with hot sake in the winter; cold sake in the summer. But there is only one here that boasts a wine list with not only over a dozen Sakes, champagnes, dessert and port wines,…
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Today’s blog title should only bring up one image and it’s staring right at you. The film, My Favorite Year, was narrated by an apprentice, so to speak, of the deranged, alcoholic character played to perfection by Peter O’Toole. I’ve always been uneasy with movies about drunks; a couple of comedies centered around men come…
California Wineries we miss that went bust before the current recession: Ballard Canyon in Santa Ynez (Who remembers the Grape Stomp? That’s another blog post all by itself by “Buffy”, the name I used while wearing a crown of grape leaves and watching other’s whimsical attempts at stomping.) Cilurzo in Temecula (Cilurzo named wines after…
Dear Wine Friends, I know you are heading into your weekend, busy with all that entails for most purveyors/drinkers of wine. But I have just one question for an upcoming column: 1. Name your favorite wine, and if you can, what you were doing when you first had it. Yours, in wine and out, Eve…
This week I had the opportunity to learn what Wine 101ers really want to know. How to traverse the wine landscape without spending, or drinking, it all at once. I will give you some quotes and same fast-on-my-feet answers. “I love wine, but am a bit too lazy to do much about it. If they…
We can’t go out on this upcoming Valentine’s Day… and I expect a downward cast to all of your collective chins as you read this. My husband Eddie, not me thank God, can’t even have a nice wine that evening. He just re-entered “platoon” duty at a fire station in a town near you…I’ll reveal…