There is only one thing to do in Eastern Europe when it is 12 degrees Fahrenheit and the snow is knee deep. If you guessed stay at home, you couldn’t be more wrong. The one thing that I love to do is to go to the circus. When I was a young lad and the…
Marquee Tasting Events Set to Showcase 30+ Paso Robles Wineries in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco Paso Robles Wine Country, one of the nation’s premier wine regions, announced its schedule of events for the 2013 Paso Robles Wine Country Grand Tasting Tour. Over 30 winemakers from California’s third largest wine producing region will…
From one of my fave educational sources, Ian Blackburn of LearnAboutWine.com, I received an invitation to attend a VIP luncheon with 16 other vinophiles followed by a tasty tour of the STARS of Santa Barbara held in the beautiful Beverly Hills Peninsula Hotel. Winemaker Luncheon There were seventeen names on the guest list, four winemakers…
Peering out from my 5th floor balcony, Kyiv’s beautiful snowscape filled me with a sense of quiet calm that I never knew growing up in Los Angeles County. Today was definitely going to be a “White Christmas,” and I planned to share it with long time friend and fellow sommelier, Elena Boiko. Earlier in the…
LOS ANGELES COUNTY (January 20, 2013) – Winemaker Robert Reyes will lead an early morning Festival Vineyard Hike into the Sierra Pelona Foothills, on Saturday January 26, 2013 beginning promptly at 8:00 a.m. until 10:00a.m. The hike will begin at Reyes Winery, where the festival is being held, which is located just 45 miles north…
The enthusiasm and participation keeps growing for the The First Annual Sierra Pelona Valley Wine Festival slated for Saturday January 26, 2013 from 11a.m. to 4p.m. at Reyes Winery just 45 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The festival will celebrate the recently established AVA, The Sierra Pelona Valley Appellation. Proceeds from the festival will…
The First Annual Sierra Pelona Valley Wine Festival will be held Saturday January 26, 2013 from 11am to 4pm at Reyes Winery approximately 45 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. In attendance at this inaugural event will be the Sierra Pelona Valley Vintners, local winemakers and other wineries and breweries from all across southern California. …
Pinot Noir wines are one of the most universal wines in the world. There are so many unique styles and flavor profiles based on different terroirs and vintner processes. One event that I have attended over the past few years is Pinot Days. For 2012 this event was held at the Shrine Auditorium in downtown…
SANTA CLARITA, CA – 13 December 2012 – Local Santa Clarita commercial winemakers Steve Lemley and Nate Hasper, owners of Pulchella Winery, are pleased to announce the relocation of their winery from Paso Robles to Valencia, as well as the opening of the first certified winemaking facility of its kind in the Santa Clarita Valley to…
Caruso Affiliated’s Newest Luxury Apartment Offering to Feature The Larder at Burton Way LOS ANGELES, California; August 29, 2012 – Chef Suzanne Goin and business partner Caroline Styne, owners of the acclaimed Lucques, A.O.C., Tavern and the Larder at Maple Drive restaurants in Los Angeles, announce that they are once again expanding their successful Larder…