Even though my actual career is writing about wine and spirits and consulting for wine based businesses and events, it seems that I’ve been organizing and hosting a lot more charity wine events than usual.And there is always one winery that has supported all of the non-profit events when asked by me, or by others:…
Who actually first distilled vodka? This is a hot point of contention between the countries of Belarus, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. The word vodka comes from old Slavic, “voda,” meaning “ water.” The earliest documented evidence that mentions vodka comes from Poland. Dating back to 1405, in the Akta Grodzkie, the court documents from the…
I attended one of the sneak peek parties as press over the weekend at Newhall Refinery, located just across from the Pulchella Winery tasting room on Main street. The restaurant opened to the public at 4pm on May 28, no reservations needed. The interior is flawlessly laid out (friend Kelly A. told me to get…
Eddie just looks at the hills, shakes his head, and says it will be a bad fire season. And when the smoke from the Green Valley fire left an atom bomb/mushroom shaped black cloud low over our valley I was relieved to be getting out of town. I didn’t know until I returned and caught…
The love and passion of wines and the various nuances that exist in them lead people on different paths.Some enjoy the fruit forward wines of California, others like the high alcohol flavors of Australia and yet others enjoy the old world wines.Along with this topic, wine selection is often the result of the present economy…
Please join Eve’s Wine 101 – we’ve already reserved our table! Reyes Winery will be hosting a winemaker dinner at the new location of Thelma’s and Luis in Valencia at the Town Center Mall (24250 Town Center Dr. Suite 180, Valencia – in Maru’s former space) on June 1 at 6:30pm. $65 per person. Please…
I admit it, I troll Facebook for cocktail recipes to share. I also get cocktail recipes via several e-mail subscriptions to spirit publications, magazines, books…your house. But this one, aptly titled “Breakfast in Bed” with one of the ingredients being Spicebox Whisky, I just had to share: Info from Orange Table, also known as Scottsdale…
Picture this scenario: You are in a college classroom, for the first time or later in life as a returning student. Now a step further, at your seating place sit six wine glasses each holding approximately an ounce of Petite Sirah. Yes, that inky, almost black, rich red wine that can turn your teeth purple…
Gary Warburton was one of the first winemakers I met when I began my journey from tasting wine to writing about it. Back then, circa my “unenlightened” dark ages, Gary was making wine in his Manhattan Beach home aptly called Chateau Pacific. I met Gary and his daughter-in-law Suzanne Phifer Pavitt at Julie Brosterman’s (Women…
Dear Wine Friends, Our Wine News is Brewery News: Popular Wolf Creek Brewery will open their new location in Mann Biomedical Park this weekend for tours and tastings – and the beer-making has already begun there! During a “Sneak Peak Party” over the weekend we loved the handcrafted Ales, appetizers, desserts…and education. Wine…