Six years of exceptional Holiday Wine Tasting events havebeen brought to you by the same wine bar that recently celebrated its eighthbirthday – with a wild party that included balloons, cake and live music:Valencia Wine Company. This decidedly different type of event, on November 14 atthe Tournament Players Club (TPC) in Valencia, will definitely entertain,…
Help us celebrate DiMaggio’s success with a book signing! Date: Saturday, October 23rd Time: 2:00 p.m. – Until the wine and books run out … Location: The Cellar Wine Bar and Restaurant – of course! DiMaggio will be on hand to sign his first published book, entitled World Wine Education. Books will be available…
I’VE HAD MORE THAN 23 WINES TO TASTE IN ONE 8 HOUR PERIOD AND DIMAGGIO DOESN’T LET ME SWALLOW ANY. WILL I CHEAT? Yes, that’s the real title of the post. I’ve had DiMaggio Washington’s classes before. I know he doesn’t like us to drink the tastes, I know that I need to expectorate, I…
Before I started tracking all of my new recipes, in my latest quest to learn to cook, I could make a couple of things: Pasta and dessert. Of course, not a lot of either, just variations (see below) of the same recipes. This week I give you my oh-so-simple-but-great: Fettuccine Alfredo a la Eve 1…
Going over to All Corked Up a few weeks ago to collect my WSET Level 2 wine certification textbooks – whew- I stopped in to visit Vic Herstein in the liquor store, as he was the keeper of the books, and then went to the The Cellar in the front to say hello to the…
A few weeks ago I had an outstandingly decadent lunch at Inca Bistro with owner Mel Nunez and his wine rep, Wendy Roberts. We talked about the unique flavors and artfulness of their menu options, how Inca Bistro would be more noticeable from the street if they could hang twinkly lights over their patio and…