Eve’s Wine 101 has covered DiMaggio Washington at somelength, including his World Wine Education project and his ever increasingresponsibilities at All Corked Up. I’ve also written about DiMaggio being oneof my mentors in the late-90s with his pioneering Santa Clarita Valley wine bar– Select Wines. Well, now the biggest news yet follows in the followingpress…
I am SOOOOOO fired! Ian Blackburn, founder of Learn About Wine (www.learnaboutwine.com) has been putting on high quality wine events for several years. On July 14th, I was scheduled to attend the media portion of the Stars of Paso Robles event at The Peninsula Beverly Hills. Both people who read my columns regularly know how…
It takes a lot for me to want to go to Beverly Hills for a mid-week mid-day wine tasting, going beyond my comfort zone of armchair wine writing, and brave LA traffic. But handsome Ian Blackburn, founder of LearnAboutWine.com , tempted me. The venue, Beverly Hills Peninsula Hotel, was a beautiful frame for the centerpiece:…
(It’s a Grape Stomp! Need I say more? If you’venever done this, or if you have, it’s the most fun you’ll ever have notdrinking. Of course there is drinking…just not while stomping!) Our annual, always-sold-out Grape Stomp takes place on Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 4 PM – 8 PM. The afternoon event celebrates the…
TournamentPlayers Club (TPC) in cooperation with the Santa Clarita Artists Association(SCAA) presents A Summer Art Fest July 27-30, 2010, according to Zony Gordon, VP of SCAA. This4-day art exhibit is open to the public, showcasing the best work of 25 SCAAartists. A special reception to meet the artists, with wine and hors d’oeuvres,will be…
I already know what you’re thinking: “Okay, this recipe is sooooooo simple even Eve can handle it.” And you know what? You’d be dead wrong. Again. I don’t know if it’s because the Jambalaya cookbook that I turn to most often is written by the Junior League in New Orleans and presumed to be read…
I love the martinis, the fresh selection of oysters, the eggplant parmigiana, fettuccine, wine list, steaks, dinner specials, wait staff…I might be free for lunch or dinner tomorrow for this deal! Happy Birthday Frankies Bridgeport! Thank you for all your support and making us so successful the last 2 years! To show our appreciation, we…
I attended this cool event with Michael Perlis last year. If you search the handy box on the top left of this blog you can read the blog post about it. I really dug the great wine and exquisite food vendors they had set up for us under big watercolor-blue umbrellas. The guests were great,…
I really wanted to like this book. First of all because I found it at the 99 cents store so I didn’t have to pay the $25 hardcover price, and second, it would prove to be an easy read that I could learn something from…along with her movie-making movie-obsessed wine 101 neighbor Peter Travers, film…