Tassajara www.tassajaracellars.com Rounding out our visit to Silver Horse was tasting the wines of Tassajara Cellars. Tassajara is the name of the tallest mountain in the Santa Lucia range, which separates Paso Robles and the Pacific Ocean. Winemaker/owner Craig Reed, who used to be the winemaker for the Martin & Weyrich and York Mountain wineries,…
Yep, that’s all I had. Truth be told I was there overnight, driving in one day and out the next, so I could only see myself safely tasting after someone else took over the wheel. Lots of peeps gave lots of suggestions but once we found Bernardus in Carmel Valley, we never made it back…
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I know it’s sick but I will die happy if I never leave the comfort of my street. There’s nothing better than the sight of Ann charging up the hill to say hi, Darryl playing basketball with my one-armed mate, Bobbi with a bottle of bubbly and the view from Lars and Cynthia’s backyard. I…
Local friends Terry and Carl Kanowsky are hosting another Wine Tasting at Salt Creek to benefit the Boys & Girls Club on Thursday, August 23rd, at 6:30. The featured winery is Talley, based in Arroyo Grande. Robert Parker describes Talley as a “winery dedicated to classy, elegant, long-lived Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs.” Parker recently devoted…
As most of you know I travel frequently for my job. My trips range from a day to many weeks. The enjoyment of traveling is that I have friends on a first name basis at airports, Super Shuttle, hotels, restaurants, etc. For this article I am going away from my passion of wine and beers…
Ingredients •3 cups brut Champagne or sparkling wine, chilled •2½ cups simple syrup*, chilled •1½ cups bottled spring water, chilled •2 lemons, juiced •*Simple Syrup: •2 cups water •2 cups granulated sugar Directions Combine 2 cups water and 2 cups sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a full rolling boil for 2 minutes, remove…
First Crush http://firstcrushwinemaking.com/ First Crush’s full name is First Crush Winemaking Experience, and First Crush does in fact offer a variety of different experiences. They provide programs for picking, crushing and eventually bottling your own wine, vineyard tours, blending seminars, all the way through complete winemaking education. There are lots of choices depending how deeply…
Bodegas Riojanas, a fifth generation producer from La Rioja, Spain who has been hand-crafting wines since 1890, hosted a VIP Tasting on July 11 along with K&L Wine Merchants, in the uber-cool Hatfield’s Restaurant in Los Angeles, and organized by Allison Levine of Please the Palate. And if you thought that was a lot in…