The SCV Custom Crush Services, where grapes from Paso Robles are turned into wine for Pulchella Winery, and now with three 90+ award-winning wines from Wine Enthusiast Magazine, will play wine tasting host and wine educator for a fundraiser on Sunday, July 17 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. A large portion of the event’s…
Napa, California — Amorim (www.amorimcork.com/en/), the world’s leading cork producer, has achieved a major technological breakthrough to become the world’s first cork producer to produce and deliver natural cork stoppers to winemakers with a non-detectable TCA guarantee.* Known as NDtech, the cutting-edge technology greatly enhances Amorim’s quality control measures by screening individual cork stoppers on the…
From Cooking Light Ingredients 8 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta 2 teaspoons olive oil 1/3 cup diced onion 1 garlic clove, minced 2 cups diced red bell pepper (about 2 medium) 1/2 teaspoon salt Dash of ground red pepper 1 (14.5-ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped 1/2 cup white wine 36 mussels (about 3…
Shawn Shai Halahmy is a pal, and like other winemaking pals, I forget what came first, a love for their wine that developed into a friendship, or if we became friends before I tried his wine. Actually, I’m going with the former…wine does make the heart grow fonder, eh? Shai Cellars 08 Adome Santa Ynez…
It’s Baja-Style All Summer Long When The Hungry Cat is Transformed into a New Cantina as the Mexican Kitty Returns to Chef David Lentz’s Beach-Side Restaurant Raw Shellfish, Tacos, Shared Platters, Mexican Beers, Tequila, Mezcal and El Gato Cocktails by Bar Manager Dona Bridges Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, The Hungry Cat Santa Monica Canyon…
William Perbellini Serves Seven Interpretations of the Italian Classic in Seven Days to Benefit the Gordon Brown Fellowship The talented William Perbellini, resident Mixologist at Bar Toscana, presents two special events and seven cocktails to celebrate Negroni Week 2016 in Los Angeles, June 6-12. Bar Toscana, Imbibe Magazine and Campari join together to celebrate one of the world’s greatest Italian drinks in an effort to raise…
In spite of the great seminars and meals around town, the most exciting parts of the weekend for me were still the big Opening and Closing Tastings. As mentioned previously, the tastings featured 145 tasting tables at which to taste the wide variety of what the Rhone wines have to offer. With an understandably heavy-Central…
Home to the only transverse mountain range in North America, the Santa Barbara County Appellation is made up of diverse regions and six AVAs – Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Maria Valley, Sta Rita Hills, Ballard Canyon, Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara and Los Olivos District. The region is also home to an unrivaled growing season…
Napa, California – Richard Mendelson, the leading expert on appellation and wine law in the USA, has released “Appellation Napa Valley – Building and Protecting an American Treasure” from Val de Grace Books. In this landmark book, Mendelson, who managed the legal work for many of these very appellations, tells a detailed story of the…
Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine debuts with a dynamic reimagining of food and beverage services LOS ANGELES, CA – The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced today details of the dynamic new offerings from Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine for the 2016 summer season. Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine — developed with the LA Phil, local restaurateurs…