Readers of my posts know that I am a big fan of Paso Robles. We started coming here a long time ago, back when there were maybe thirteen or so tasting rooms. Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of changes and tasted a lot of great wine, especially Zinfandel.Still, with all the Zinfandel we…
The children are back to school and football season will be in full swing. Join us at Vines Restaurant and Bar for the 2009 Football Season. Great food, drinks and friends are here waiting for you. Thank you for selecting Vines Restaurant and Bar at the Hyatt Regency Valencia as the “Best Of” in Santa…
This week’s SCV Wine Calendar is Devoted To:Only One Eve’s Wine 101 Recommended Event(Will I see you there?) Where can you go in this valley for a wine experience unlike no other? One with a handsome Sotheby auction catalog of eclectic original oil paintings, one-of-a-kind bronze sculptures, exclusive event tickets and privately cellared wines? A…
Sleep. Will I ever catch up? A long Labor Day weekend preceded the 4th episode in my epic journey of Cultural Appreciation of Wine. Friday brought a trip to Manteca for the morning. I hustled to put Friday morning’s excursion behind me, so I could hop on my motorcycle for my much anticipated trip to…
Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar Showcases Eight Bodacious WinesInspired by the Beauties of Playboy(SANTA MONICA, CA)—Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar has partnered with “The Imbiber” Dan Dunn, the country’s preeminent rock-star booze writer and Playboy.com’s nightlife columnist, to present the wine bar’s sexiest tasting tour yet: The Imbiber’s Ultimate Playmate Fantasy Wine Tour, a flight of eight…
Chicken breast (one per member+)Mushrooms (8 oz)Butter (1 cube)Garlic (4 toes crushed)Parmesan Cheese (10 cup)Red Wine (1/2 to most of the bottle)Corn starch (2 tablespoons) Melt butter with garlic, de-bone chicken and hammer (tenderize), slice, and coat with cheese. Cook chicken breasts until brown. Remove from heat, add mushrooms, sauté three minutes, adding corn starch,…
Dear Eve, I wanted to let your readers know about an exciting new series of Food & Wine Pairing classes starting at Vino 100. Our very own local celebrity chef, Tamra Levine, will host a 4-part series of wine pairing classes beginning October 1 entitled “Demystifying Food and Wine Pairing”. Tamra will prepare and exquisitely…
What laws do you have in Maryland that are different from the majority of the US? Maryland is one of three felony states (along with Kentucky and Utah) which certainly puts us in a special category. What is most unusual is that we were a misdemeanor state starting in 1951 but became a felony state…