Most of the time people buy tickets for a charitable event it’s because they not only want to support the charity, the event itself is very appealing. With Sunset in the Vineyard, hosted by our Assistance League of Santa Clarita, wine is offered from mostly local non-commercial wineries. It’s always so much fun that usually,…
The theater house lights lowered to a dim. As the title flashed across the “Silver Screen,” a hush fell over the audience. With the onset of the the film’s overture, Prince of Foxes, Twentieth-Century Fox’s 1949 swashbuckler classic opened to an eager crowd anticipating high adventure. Of course, the film starred the one and only…
From the Go Dairy Free website I found an interesting meatloaf recipe that called for things like coconut milk, oats, grated ginger and toasted sesame oil so I decided to give it a try. The flavor was great, as was the Rose of Pinot Noir from Zotovich we paired it with. But there were a…
From my friend Sue Bird, Chairwoman of the Old Town Newhall Association, I got this message: “It is once again Tequila Time for the Old Town Newhall Association (OTNA). This Friday, October 25th, we will be hosting our third “Tequila Education Class”. Something new this year will be the feature of tasting foods made with…
If you are reading this column, you most likely read newspapers, blogs and e-mails on your computer, magazine articles or trade papers, your mail, magazine covers in the checkout line at the supermarket, and, quite frankly, can’t sit still with a bowl of cereal without reading where sugar places on the ingredient list, even though…
Sommelier and Master Sommelier Host First Master Courses in Santa Barbara WHO: Brian McClintic and Eric Railsback, managing partners of Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant, the wine bar and retail store which recently opened to rave reviews in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone. Teaching the courses will be acclaimed Master Sommeliers from around the United States: Brian McClintic,…
Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire proclaimed, “I have always depended upon the generosity of strangers.” If you’ve lived long in the SCV, then you know we’ve got our own unique selection of strangers, some more so than others. Some are simply strange, some seem menacing, some are clueless. But I’ve also…
Mollydooker http://www.mollydookerwines.com/ My first exposure to the winemaking skills of Sarah and Sparky Marquis was also my first exposure to Australian wine. It was about ten years ago that my wife and I were having dinner at Rosemary’s Restaurant in Las Vegas. The sommelier and I were discussing my wine preferences, and I explained my…
If you haven’t already heard the buzz, well now you have. SCV Unscripted is the newest production of Prime Publications, Inc., publishers of The Magazine of Santa Clarita and élite Magazine. Together with Bonnie Keith, owner of Video Magic Production, and Eve Bushman as host, SCV Unscripted is dedicated to bringing even more awareness and…
According to Greek Mythology, it was the God of pleasure and wine, Dionysus himself who first brought grape vines to Sicily. As we all know, there is always some basis to both legend and folklore. Archeological evidence places Mycenaean traders, as early as 1500 BCE, cultivating grapes on Sicily’s Aeolian Islands. By the 8th century…