Pop Up Goes the Winemaker! Sooooo, there’s a cool little thing we’ve dubbed the “SIP Pop Up Bar” that will be springing up at this year’s Earth Day Food & Wine. No, it’s not an environmentally friendly version of Whack-a-Mole … though that gives us some ideas. This kind of pop up involves some very…
PETRICHOR We were finally ready for our last winery visit on this trip. I had become fond of the wines of Petrichor when I had tasted them at Rhone Rangers tastings. Sadly, we weren’t attending the Rhone Rangers event in LA this past year, but since owner Margaret Foley and I had discussed the possibility…
WOPN will take place at Bacara Resort & Spa on Friday, March 4th & Saturday, March 5th, 2016. Click here to purchase: WOPN Tickets World of Pinot Noir Friday Events Featuring Burgundy wine: The Terroirists: From Bubbles to Burgundy Seminars: A Sparkling Evolution, and The Diversity of Maison Joseph Drouhin’s Burgundy. We are honored to…
I haven’t done a “One Bottle Post” in awhile because I had so much to write about from my Paso Robles trip. So, it was nice to segue from California to Mendoza, Argentina, to use my WSET education and take my time to evaluate a Malbec blend I had never had before from winemaker Michel…
Visit the gorgeous Hahn Family Wines in the Santa Lucia Highlands near Carmel-by-the-Sea and you may get lucky enough to take an ATV up to one of the highest points overlooking the estate. Trying the spectacular single-vineyard Lucienne wines while perched above the vines is a unique lesson in how climate and terroir influence the…
The San Francisco International Wine Competition has been around since 1980, so they must be doing something right. Headed by James Beard Award winner Anthony Dias Blue and judged by somewhat of a Who’s Who of the wine world elite, this year’s event took place at Hotel Nikko in June. [Speaking of wine judges, I’m…
Its one of the biggest moments in life finding the perfect place to pop the question and the options in Napa are many. HALL Rutherford, one of the premier luxury wineries in Napa Valley, is being coined as one of Napas most romantic proposal venues in the country and boasts a 100% success rate….
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…
First Communal Tasting Room on the Urban Wine Trail Showcases Wines from Stellar Wineries – Babcock, The Paring, Fess Parker, Ca’ Del Grevino, Sandhi and Qupe SANTA BARBARA, California – The Santa Barbara Wine Collective, the newest trail-blazer in the celebrated Urban Wine Trail centered in Santa Barbara’s downtown Funk Zone announces new partnerships with…
