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There is no Love Sincerer than the Love of Food – Unleash Your Inner Foodie! (50% CODE BELOW)
AUGUST 15 UPDATE: FIFTY PERCENT DISCOUNT FOR READERS, USE: FOODIE2012 AT CHECKOUT HERE The second annual Los Angeles Epicurean Festival is about to break bread with both trade and public foodies August 26th at the historic Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. The first event of its kind that brings the purveyors of fine products to…
Grand Cru Wine Challenge Results; Montes Winery Ranks High Amongst World’s Best
TGIC Importers has some exciting news to share from their recent Grand Cru Wine Challenge.buy viagra-super-fluox-force online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/viagra-super-fluox-force.html no prescription Elite sommeliers, wine press, and wine educators sat-down to a double blind tasting conducted by Anthony Dias Blue and The Tasting Panel Magazine at the Hotel Sofitel in Los Angeles on June 7. The red…
Not a Vino to be Found at Vino 100 After July
News of Vino 100 Valencia closing at the end of July hit my inbox a little after lunch on June 29. Sharing the news with Facebook pals, and requesting their memories to share with Lil and Shari produced more fervor. Below you will find an excerpt from Lil and Shari’s final email, a lovely missive…
Aperol Recipes: Eve says, “It’s Not just a Spritz!”
At a recent Italian sparking wine tasting, one of the esteemed panelists suggested that Americans ruined Prosecco by turning it into just an ingredient in cocktails like Bellinis. I bit my tongue hard on that one, as it wasn’t until I was in Venice, Italy, that I was introduced to the Aperol Spritz and the…
Michael Perlis: Chablis Food + Wine hosts Summers Estate Wines (Photos by Heidi Wiedeman)
When I think of Summers Estate Wines (www.summerswinery.com), I immediately think of the red wine Charbono. The origins of Charbono are a little unclear. It is often thought of as an Italian varietal. The name Charbono certainly sounds Italian. But testing by famed grape geneticist Carole Meredith proved that the grape known as Charbono in…
Michael Perlis: Ventura Part 4
Four Brix Winery www.fourbrixwine.com We were ready for our final stop of the day. Gary Stewart, one of the owners of Four Brix Winery in Ventura, had actually set up our itinerary for the day. We had originally planned on visiting four wineries that day, but the amount of quality time we spent at the…
Eve’s Viva Vino LA Tasting: Italian Sparkling is not just Prosecco!
On Tuesday May 15 I looked forward to a wine tasting class on “The Great Sparklings of Italy: A Unique Tour from North to South” that promised we would “Discover the amazing variety of grapes… that make the Italian sparkling wines unique…” A pretty impressive panel of experts was on hand, that included sommeliers, winemakers,…
Michael Perlis News: Italian Food and Wine Tasting at Cheers
I know that Cheers @ All Corked Up has barely been open a couple of weeks, but Chef Carolyn is already going to prepare a wine-pairing dinner. For the first one, she chose Italy – a five course dinner with wines to match, for $75 per person. Carolyn is planning to have these themed dinners…
VALENTINO CELEBRATES LA FESTA DELLA MAMMA WITH TRIBUTE TO LEGENDS IN ITALIAN COOKING
Piero Selvaggio Revisits the Past and Looks to the Future with Dishes Inspired by Chefs Nadia Santini and Marcella Hazen Valentino in Santa Monica is gearing up for a momentous fortieth anniversary next December 2012, and owner Piero Selvaggio, recently nominated as a semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurateur of the Year by the James Beard Foundation,…