Our Intrepid Leader, Gary Warburton, in his usual cut offs, sandals, muscle tee and Phifer Pavitt Winery hat is seen getting ready for the games to begin. The games being an emergency bottling in his Manhattan Beach Winery. Me and Mary Bradway. Leaving the warmth of our hometown behind, we are braced with plastic cups…
Most reader’s of this blog know that I’m a huge fan of Willi’s Wine Bar in Paris. (Use the handy search button on the upper left of this blog to find past posts.) But, come to find (once I was accepted on their Facebook fan page) that they have a blog on their website too….
(It may appear, by the title of this post alone, that I am advocating a vacation from cheese. Not so. I got this press release about planning a vacation centered on Cheese. In Wisconsin. Cheese map included. No jest. And, I think it’s kind of cool. That’s why I ordered the map for my wall…
A great event organized for the 5th year by Dr Joel Fisher. Raleigh Studios provides an excellent backdrop for the wine, spirits, food, people and education. I wouldn’t miss it! Information and tickets can be found here.
(Love getting news from Napa Valley College. If anyone attends please let me know how you liked the taste of the future.) Dear Friends of Napa Valley College, It is our pleasure to announce the Spring Release party of Napa Valley College wines for sale. The wines contain the essence of what makes Napa Valley…
Courtesy Sandra Revie Van Dyne for Recipe Sunday: Hi! I thought I would share this with you. Have you ever? It is soyummy! My sister had one of these in Texas, a ‘wine-arita’; she makes ahomemade secret recipe margarita and pours a wine floater. I didn’t mixit so I got the tangy margarita followed by the…
McPrice Myers Wine Company (Photos by Bob Schwemmer in preceding post.) www.mcpricemyers.com McPrice Myers may be the best winemaker you’ve never heard of…yet. But, before I get into a discussion of our visit, I have to go back to August of 2009. We had been locker members of All Corked Up for several months, but…
This was my second stint at Gary Warburton’s Chateau Pacific Manhattan Beach Winery for a bottling. (See Gary’s “Results” column before this one today.) But this time I was armed with help, via wine student/pal Mary Bradway, and beer, via Brew Master Michael Bowe of Angel City Brewing Company. Not to mention, as Gary does,…
Dream Team, Here is the rather late tally (destruction) that occurred last evening: FYI, I think a few people returned late last night or early this morning because I was hearing table dancing to “Devil With The Blue Dress On” until about 3:30 this morning. Bottled 51 cases of wine: Sangiovese, Merlot, Tempranillo. A very…
