Rusty Sly’s Grape of the Night: Life Is A Cabernet Franc (Tonight is the next meeting, details below.)
Once again Grape Of The Night (GOTN) met, divided and conquered a fantastic wine varietal known as Cabernet Franc. I apologize for requesting a wine varietal that was close to nonexistent in our Valley. I was unaware of this and want to thank all of you who raided their cellars to leave a few bottles…
CHEF CHRIS KOBAYASHI AND ARTISAN ANNOUNCE LAUNCH OF “FIELD TRIP” ON MONDAY NIGHTS
Kobayashi Pays Homage to Sustainable Farming with Three Course Vegetable Inspired Menu Artisan, the acclaimed American Bistro by brothers Chris and Mike Kobayashi in the heart of Paso Robles, announces the debut of Field Trip, an homage to producers and gardens practicing sustainable farming to be offered on Monday evenings throughout the dining room and…
Michael Perlis Discovers: The Garagiste Festival
It was a Friday night at The Cellar. This guy was leaving, and stopped by our table to say goodnight to DiMaggio Washington, owner of The Cellar, who had joined us for dinner. After he left, something about him made me ask DiMaggio who he was. Okay, maybe it was something about me – I’m…
More From Benessere
I received some wine from Napa Valley winery Benessere to review, so I thought it would be fun to include two in a tasting I was doing in my home with three other couples. What my guests didn’t expect was that a simple suggestion – for the men to describe one while the women described…
Eve’s Asking Pals To Help: Your wine or liquor donations for two Fundraisers
Hi friends, I get lots of requests for donations, and I do what I can, as do many of you. A bottle here, a tasting there, it all helps. The request below is from a wine pal, Susan Pearsall, regarding a local ACS event that is looking for wine and/or liquor donations to make up…
Forever Young
January 27, 2002: Have you reached the age that when you see young parents, you come to find, that they are not as young as you thought? Over dinner I couldn’t help but notice the exuberant sticky-faced toddler in the booth next to ours. As he turned completely around to communicate to us, albeit in…
Rusty Sly’s Grape of the Night: Tempranillo
Once again we had a fantastic turnout which meant more wines to sample and compare. This month, the wine varietal selected was Tempranillo. This is one of my favorite wines that originated and is found in most parts of Spain. Tempranillo grapes were believed to have been brought to Spain by pilgrims during the Crusades…
Chef Jack Madden Makes: Hearty Wine Vintners Soup
A blend of hardy flavors to enhance the palate.buy zocor generic https://mexicanpharmacyonlinerx.net/zocor.html over the counter The combination of the intense flavors of wine, beef and chicken stocks, herbs and spices brings to this serving a complete taste experience that will delight all of your diners. Serves 4 1 Bottle Zinfandel 1 Bottle Sauvignon Blanc 2…