On Sunday, May 2, 2010 from 1-5pm is the 22nd annual Taste ofthe Town. Dozens of local restaurants, caterers, wine and beer vendorsserve up an “all you can eat and drink” food fest. The eventbenefits Child & Family Center, which provides mental health,behavioral and educational services to children, adults and families inSanta Clarita. Foundation board…
Well, here we are again. I got home less than an hour ago from All Corked Up and want to jot down my notes from DiMaggio Washington’s Wine Education class now lest I forget. Last week I wrote about the things I learned and then gave you the class’s tasting notes. Sounds like a plan…
Hi Leticia,I’m reading the little blurb regarding the infused tequilas at Sabor. Want to expand that into a story? Let me know. Yours, in wine and out, Eve Hello Eve, We simply take whatever is in season…..fruit, flowers, herbs- pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, pears with almond, jamaica (hibiscus flower), tamarind……whatever combination sounds good….but think what is…
(Wowza! $12.50 for 7 wines, cheese and chocolate in the Santa Monica Mountains? What’s the catch here for wine 101ers? BUY the tickets in advance – right now would be good – because at the door the price is $25. And, it’s for THIS Saturday 5/1/10!) Milan and AmyRubenstein, the proprietors and visionaries of Milan…
(I do love me some WineHouse news. This one is for tonight, but don’t worry about the short notice. The winemaker from Penfolds won’t notice if you’re late as he’s attending via the small screen webcast. Now I’ve been to chef classes that are televised, and have seen many an Academy award show that a…
Cannot…move…my…feet. But not going to slow my fingers down in thanking those that came last night to support my Unitarian Universalist church in our yearly “Eve is your Wine Wench” event: Jeff Prange, Julie Mino, Kimberly Freilich, John and Susan Cooper, Robert and Darlene Gandara, Julie Jones, Jeannie Carpenter, Lucy Bates, Eddie Bushman, Bill and…
Dear MBBWL Members and Supporters of Direct Shipping to Maryland, Just when you thought it was safe to hope, just when our efforts generated unprecedented state-wide support from all the stakeholders including wineries, retailers, grape growers, farmers, small businesses and chambers of commerce . . . and we could hope that 2011 was to be…
Natalie Maclean, in her book Red, White and Drunk All Over, works one night alongside a sommelier in a fancy restaurant. Nat is not a wine 101er. I am. But in reading the chapter on her own nervousness it helped me to get ready for serving friends tonight at Valencia Wine Company for charity. I’ll…
(Why run a press release for a restaurant in Santa Monica when most of my peeps, save the Trautweins, Blahas and Hammonds, live elsewhere? Call me crazy – you do anyway – but if a restaurant is going to make the effort of getting the menu to me in advance, thereby whetting my awaiting palate…
Women beat men at World’s Best Sommelier Contest: ALMOST (Link) Staff writer Michael Perlis sent me this link. Thinking what? I don’t know. That I should take more classes? That I should take more classes for actual credit? That women can rule? I have met more than my share of women in the wine world. …