On February 28 I attended the Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour at the Bookbindery in Culver City organized by The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance. But, before you pull out your wine glasses to join me in your virtual tour, I had also signed up for a seated seminar led by three winemakers. And, lucky…
Our founding father’s certainly appreciated quality liquor. Most did not follow the colonial custom of drinking rum. Benjamin Franklin brewed beer. Thomas Jefferson was also a brewer and set up large vineyards at Monticello. George Washington had his own recipe for porter, a dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt that has been partly charred….
My husband Eddie had just come off a “72”, which in fire department lingo means three days straight, and he deserved something special on his first day home. I thought that would be catching up on his Facebook…ha! It meant brunch. So, having searched the delectable invites I sometimes get I chose: Vines Restaurant and…
A professor friend of mine, from a University in another state, recently lamented to me the undue pressure his graduate students felt in granting favors to their professors. On the side of the professors, they were warned not to make their students feel obligated to do their bidding and have said that the students offer…
24th Annual Passport to Dry Creek Valley — A Modern Tradition with Century-Old Roots Saturday & Sunday, April 27-28, 2013 from 11am – 4:30pm Over 50 participating wineries throughout Dry Creek Valley and Healdsburg Featuring top-flight wine tasting, gourmet food, themed décor and live entertainment Fly Alaska Airlines into Santa Rosa and check a case…
Facebook friend Christine Pike teases her pals on Facebook with mouth-watering photos of dinners she whips up in her kitchen. Not a chef, but raised by a caterer, it seems Christine simply can’t help herself. Here is her latest complete with before and after pictures of her husband’s dinner plate: Seared lamb chops with home…
Don’t you just love it when you have an interest in something and out of the blue a great opportunity to learn and experience it just falls into your lap? I sure do and I had such an event happen just a couple weeks back. The interest??? California wines made from Italian grape varietals grown…
Barry Goldfarb is a busy man, not unlike other winery owners. He lives in Bel Air and yet travels to his winery, Oreana, in both the Santa Barbara and Paso Robles locations, and Agua Dulce Winery every week. Who is Barry Goldfarb? Let’s ask… EB: Since you took ownership of Agua Dulce Vineyards, now known…
“I was totally dumbfounded by your call,” Elena Boiko, my longtime friend and fellow sommelier, smiled. “Gregory Alonzo willing to share his private bourbon stock with me?” she playfully teased. “I thought American men preferred to imbibe in bourbon and smoke cigars when they shared in man talk.” “Now when have you known me to…
I was making a meatless pasta dish for my daughter that was loaded with butter, cheese and cream.https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/zovirax.html My husband must have meat, and I don’t do dairy any more. So, we pulled out one of our stocking stuffers, a Champagne finishing sauce, to use over grilled chicken.https://thecifhw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/png/ventolin.html Alone it didn’t seem like enough,…