Guests at Ca Del Sole restaurant passed our table and stopped to remark, “Are you having a wine tasting here? We figured with the three magnums on the table…” That what? We’d share? Oh no, I was going to take any extra wine home by employing the old trick of sticking that cork right back…
Some time ago, I wrote a review of a movie I very much enjoyed: American Wine Story. The movie is now available on Amazon. online pharmacy trazodone no prescription pharmacy Even better news, it is free with Amazon Prime. # I found a funny TV series on Youtube called “Plonk”. Its premise is a humorous…
When it comes to making your bar or restaurant stand out from the rest, many times it involves a signature item – like a cocktail. But if it’s going to have your name on it and be associated with your brand, it has to be perfect. Here is some more on the importance of making…
An hour’s drive from Bordeaux’s center is St. Julien – where you will see Châteaux, some directly across the street or next door to one another with vines as far as the naked eye can see. We hit the mother load. We took photos where we could (see Facebook album here.) and even found a…
The photo, if I’ve done my job right, is here in this post. What appears to be Scotch Casks turned out to be much, much, more. So much more that I’m planning a field trip with other students of the current Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) so that they too can sample Spirits, Liqueurs…
1. Brad Roen, that’s a name some people in this valley should remember. How did you put SCV on the (wine) map? In the late 90’s I opened a restaurant in Valencia called “Valencia Grille”. At the time I was building the place I really was not that into wine. But when I applied for…
In looking at new ways to help wine 101ers learn about wine I remembered that in the weeks I was studying for my WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) test I asked the other students to my home for some group study meetings. During one of those sessions one woman had found a really cool…
The winding line of expectant foodies serpentined outside and into the lobby of Cal Mart, more than ready to attack the food at L.A. Weekly’s The Essentials 2015 event. Just when I was considering giving up, the line moved, and moved, and moved again. Soon we were to be rewarded with a giant open space…
Los Angeles, CA – Simply Wine Fest is offering its second annual gala at CBS Studios in Studio City. A ticket will do more than give access to a sampling of over 40 wines, many tequilas and beers, and a countless assortment of creative food dishes; a portion of proceeds will benefit Safe Passage Lives—a charity…
‘Wildly exuberant and fun wine event’ returns to Solvang March 27th – 29th; features hard-to-find, cutting-edge micro-production wineries from Santa Barbara County and Santa Ynez Valley; adds new Winemaking Symposium, Winemaker Mixer and Big Red ‘Shoot Out” Paso Robles, CA – Garagiste Events today announced that tickets are now on sale for the third annual…