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 first time Doug Minnick, co-founder with Stewart McLennan of the Garagiste Festivals, told me the Wiltern was going to host the latest version of the event, I was a little concerned. Were they just going to use the stage? If not, what about all the seats? Well, it turned out the seats are removable…
The middle of June 2015 was truly a wine-soaked weekend in the Los Angeles area, with Wine in the Pines on Saturday, June 13th at Pine Mountain Club followed on Sunday, June 14th by the Ojai Wine Festival. First – Wine In The Pines The annual Wines In The Pines festival was started in 2003…
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…
Ian Blackburn has been teaching all of us about wine for the last 20 years. First with Learn About Wine and now with Wine LA, he has been teaching classes and putting on events which have been instrumental in turning a lot of wine drinkers into wine lovers. His “Stars of…” events are legendary and…
Annual event substantiates superior qualities of Paso Robles AVA in producing Bordeaux varietal wines Paso Robles, Calif – At its recent CABs of Distinction annual event, the Paso Robles CAB (Cabernet and Bordeaux) Collective (PRCC) proved, once again, that Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon and red Bordeaux-varietal wines compete with those from among the top growing…
Garagiste Events, producers of The Garagiste Festivals, today announced that the highly successful Garagiste Festival: Urban Exposure, returns to Los Angeles on July 11th, with 50+ artisan ‘garagiste’ winemakers pouring over 200 wines in a new, and appropriately rock and roll, venue: the stunning art deco masterpiece, The Wiltern. Garagiste Events also announced a first-time…
Popular Rosé Joins Their Award-Winning Ranks Paso Robles, CA – After the 2015 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition awarded Mystic Hills Vineyard’s 2011 Unforgiven red blend a Gold Medal and both their 2011 Sequel red blend and 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon received Silver Medals, they didn’t slowed down. Their newly released Rosé has received nothing but…
Last week, I wrote about my own history with Family Winemakers of California. This week’s article is about my favorite wines at this year’s tasting. I did my best to visit some of my old favorites as well as try to find some new ones. With almost 100 wineries pouring hundreds of wines, I barely…