In spite of the great seminars and meals around town, the most exciting parts of the weekend for me were still the big Opening and Closing Tastings. As mentioned previously, the tastings featured 145 tasting tables at which to taste the wide variety of what the Rhone wines have to offer. With an understandably heavy-Central…
Law Estate Wines I’ve written a few times about the great wines that relative Paso newcomer Law Estate Wines put out from the “get go”. From their inaugural 2010 vintage, which my wife Karen and I loved, to their outstanding across the board 2011 releases, I don’t think I had ever tasted such an outstanding…
I gave you a little teaser already of what the start of our night was like at the 3rd Annual TPC/West Ranch Art and Wine Gala. Today I fill in more details of what happened after the appetizers and during the auction. Suffice it to say, if you weren’t at the Oaks Grille on Saturday…
Eve’s Wine 101ers — check out this press release for a great new restaurant in Burbank. We visited it recently to check it out for ourselves. You’ll have to wait until next week for the details but if you want to know the answer to the burning question after my last article — Can Michael…
The first stop of the day isn’t always the best, but at Rocca Family Vineyards it proved to be. Though we (traveling with pal Claudia Sheridan) thought we may have taken a wrong turn as the quaint home didn’t have a tasting room sign, it was the right address and once through the front doors…
Dating back to antiquity, most of what is now the Republic of Macedonia was known as the Kingdom of Paeonia. The peoples who inhabited these lands were primarily of Thracian stock. In 356 BCE, Phillip ll of Macedon took control of Paeonia. Under his reign, King Phillip not only brought in Greek culture, the tradition…
Last week I covered all things Justin during Earth Day weekend in Paso Robles. We now leave the vineyard tour and Farm to Fork dinner behind and take a peek at the Creekside Bed and Breakfast and a snapshot of the Earth Day Food and Wine main event. “Charm and Comfort” “Discover why the Creekside…
My husband Eddie had just come off a “72”, which in fire department lingo means three days straight, and he deserved something special on his first day home. I thought that would be catching up on his Facebook…ha! It meant brunch. So, having searched the delectable invites I sometimes get I chose: Vines Restaurant and…
Known for its tasteful elegance, Kyivʼs Premier Palace Hotel is a vibrant symbol of Ukraineʼs era of grandeur and opulence. First built in the mid-19th century, the hotel boasts it was once the home of the renown Prince Dimitri Zhevahov. Upon entry, the hotelʼs lavish lobby is the primary reason that the Premier Palace has…
I want to share just a little about this past Saturday’s Art and Wine Gala because the guests were great, the food was awesome, the wine was killer, the ballerinas adorable, the TPC staff was attentive and the auction proved once again that there’s no better time for an auction paddle than when artists, and…