I get a lot of e-mails. Daily. Invitations to wine events, dinners, classes, grape stomps and harvests. I love them all and do my duty by highlighting the ones that I think readers would love. Lo and behold tonight, in my e-mail in box, is not one event from my local hangout, Valencia Wine Company,…
I really prefer buying wine direct from wineries. I tend to buy from smaller, artisanal producers of Zinfandel, Syrah and the like. Since the producers are so small and demand tends to be high, many of these wines are not typically available at retail. And I also feel it gives me an opportunity to develop…
Eve, it would be great if you could put this up as a blog post! Anyone who wants more info can email me direct at: shelly@allcorkedup.com: HELP! The All Corked Up International Wine, Beer & Food Festivalis 12 days away& I still need 50-100 volunteers! Every volunteer will receivea bottle of wine & a certificate…
Join our panel of Cinema Sommeliers as we blind taste movies and review new wine selections each week. We know just enough about both to be dangerously insightful, appropriately obscene, and artistically confrontational. Maybe we see things you don’t… just maybe you gain a little insight into the movie and wine world. We invite you…
Tonight’s Cultural Appreciation of Wine class was a bit of a departure. Paul Wagner, instructor extraordinaire, is off on some high class wine junkett to an exotic locale. In his place was the ever capable Norma Poole, sommelier of epic proportion. The assignment for the class was to watch a classic Japanese movie called “Tampopo”,…
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White Sangria Yield Makes about 2 quarts Ingredients 1 (750-milliliter) bottle dry white wine 1 cup thawed orange juice concentrate 1/3 cup thawed lemonade concentrate 1/3 cup thawed limeade concentrate 1 navel orange, sliced 1 lemon, sliced 1 lime, sliced 3 cups club soda, chilled Preparation Stir together first 4 ingredients. Stir in half of…
Briar Rose Winery We wine lovers are always looking for those special bottles from small unknown wineries that no one knows about. These wines are termed “Diamonds in the Rough”. What should our term be if we find a small winery in a small wine community like Temecula California that is not only producing one…
September 18th, 2009 Dear Eve, As you know, I have recently accepted a new position in Santa Barbara County. I am very fortunate to have received 14 barrels of wine that I have been working on since harvest, 2008. My friends and family have been my biggest supporters all these years and I am forever…
Inaugural Winemaker Dinner Marks Santa Barbara County Celebration of Harvest BUELLTON, CA, September 18, 2009 – Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley, Winemakers of Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Wines, have announced their first winemaker dinner for the public at the new Avant Tapas and Wine at Terravant Wine Company in Buellton , California on Friday, October…