Wine aficionados and gourmet foodies will find an exceptional array of palate-pleasing experiences at the Third Annual Sierra Pelona Valley Wine Festival to be held noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25 in the vineyard at Reyes Winery in Agua Dulce.buy lipitor Canada buy lipitor online generic “We are proud to be able to introduce…
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…
Four Seasonal Cocktails are Inspired by Wildflowers, Market Produce and Botanicals Cocktail Class on Spring Drinks Scheduled for April 21st WHO: Alberto Battaglini, Mixologist at S.Y. Kitchen in Santa Ynez, California WHAT: Alberto Battaglini, the acclaimed mixologist at S.Y. Kitchen, presents four new spring cocktails inspired by the warming temperatures, local market produce and botanicals….
HAZLITT 1852 VINEYARDS’ 2013 BARREL FERMENTED CHARDONNAY, 2013 VIDAL BLANC ICE WINE, AND 2013 UNOAKED CHARDONNAY TAKE HOME BIG AWARDS AS WELL Hector, NY — Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards’ 2013 Sauvignon Blanc took top honors as “Best New World White Wine” along with winning Best of Varietal, Best of Class, and Double Gold Medal at the…
Pioneering Santa Barbara-based vintners Stephen and Cathy Pepe have announced that they have entered into a long-term partnership with WALT Wines, a St. Helena-based specialist in vineyard specific Pinot Noir from California and Oregon. The 29-acre winery and vineyard was founded in 1994 on Highway 246, just 8 miles east of Lompoc, CA. “My wife…
Several years ago, long before I ever began writing about wine, I received in the mail [that was real mail back then] a letter from a winery inviting me and two guests to the annual Family Winemakers Tasting at the LAX Hilton. I did a little research and determined that this was a huge wine…
For the past seven years that I’ve been writing about wine I would annually run an “All Events” column simply because not everyone, for some strange reason, gets our weekly Dear Wine Friend e-newsletter (email me to sign up: Eve@EveWine101.com) that lists events. I also tend to write these out in a column when there…
Historic Vineyard Society 5th Annual Vineyard Tour and Dinner Wine & Roses, Lodi, California Saturday, May 9th, 2015 Join Mike Officer, David Gates, Bob Biale, Morgan Twain-Peterson, Tegan Passalacqua and special guests as the Historic Vineyard Society celebrates the great historic Vineyards of Lodi. Vineyards to be toured: Bechtoldt Moore-Fry Dogtown Train Wreck Following the…
Today I have the pleasure of introducing global winetripper and local resident, Dan Ganshirt, exclusively to Beaconeers. What is a winetripper you ask? Who is Dan Ganshirt? Tell us all about yourself: I was raised in Santa Clarita, so many of your readers probably already know a bit about me. A few years after high…
Claiborne & Churchill Winery founder, Claiborne Thompson, ponders Riesling’s history and many merits San Luis Obispo, CA – For over 30 years, Claiborne & Churchill Winery in California’s Edna Valley has quietly produced one of the most dependably delicious Dry Rieslings this side of Alsace, France. Always erudite, educational and entertaining, C&C founding winemaker Claiborne…