Before the event (Wine 101 Moves Up: Leccio Gold Award-Winning Valentino Restaurant Paired with 2010 Brunello di Montalcino, Part One, 2/27/15) I received a 12-page press packet to familiarize myself with the Consortium: the history, the wine and the people. Among other things I learned: The Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino was created in…
A wonderful dinner was interrupted by the sound of a blaring horn. Not what I was expecting at the famed Italian restaurant Valentino, and I was afraid someone had set off a fire alarm. I heard laughter from another other room, the horn went off again, and lo and behold it seemed that Bacchus himself…
NEW YORK – Feb. 2015 – With global consumption of wine on the rise, the U.S. is driving growth as the world’s largest wine market. This is among the key findings of an IWSR survey commissioned by Vinexpo, the world’s leading show for wine and spirits professionals. IWSR is an authoritative source of analysis on…
Slow Food International presented the 2015 edition of Slow Wine Guide at a wine tasting featuring more than 50 producers from 15 Italian wine regions that I attended at The Taglyan Center on Vine in Hollywood. Clearly the plan was to completely taste through the 17-page program. However, from one Italian to another, I got…
Piero Selvaggio, Proprietor of VALENTINO Santa Monica, Chef Luciano Pellegrini and the Consortium of the Brunello of Montalcino Wine On Friday, February 20, 2015, Piero Selvaggio and the Consortium of the Brunello of Montalcino Wine celebrates the only “Leccio d’Oro” Gala Dinner on the west coast. As one of 30 restaurants worldwide, VALENTINO will host…
NEW YORK –Vinexpo 2015, the world’s leading show for wine and spirits professionals, will roll out a number of firsts in Bordeaux during its next showcase (June 14-18). Chief among these is the designation of the U.S. as Vinexpo’s first-ever Country of Honor, putting American wineries front-and-center with an anticipated 50,000 professional visitors. In another…
Wrath http://www.wrathwines.com/ After a few days in Sonoma, my wife Karen and I were looking forward to a couple days off from this reporter’s wine writing job on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula. However, I should have known that I’d be longing for some wine sooner rather than later. Limiting myself to one tasting room visit,…
Former General Manager of S.Y. Kitchen will Oversee Wine Programs at Toscana, Bar Toscana and S.Y. Kitchen WHO: Emily Johnston, Wine Director of the Toscana Restaurant Group WHAT: Restaurateurs Mike and Kathie Gordon have announced the promotion of Emily Johnston, 29, as the first Wine Director for The Toscana Restaurant Group. Previously the General Manager…
Opici To Be Included in the Magazine’s Annual Wine Star Awards Issue And Honored at a Black Tie Gala in January Crack the Prosecco, and raise a glass! Opici Wines has been named Importer of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine in their annual Wine Star Awards 2014. The annual awards are an institution, honoring…