Mourvedre
Couldn’t Wait For: The Grenache Masterclass
Dealing with 9am traffic to Downtown LA is not my idea of fun. However the powers that be selected a venue, Redbird Restaurant, which had a very nice private room for a medium-sized group of sommeliers and other very interested people in the wine trade. Why? Check out the wine list below, now completed with…
Vintage Eve Circa Nov 2014: Tasting 2012 Vina Robles
I’m a fan of Vina Robles and winemaker Kevin Willenborg. We’ve met over wine more than once between the Cab Collective and at the winery in Paso Robles. They sent me their latest wines to review…and I was very pleased with: Eve’s Tasting Notes 2012 RED4 Petite Sirah, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre 16 months in 30%…
Vintage Eve 9/2014: Rhone Rangers Came Back to LA September 9
Do you have a favorite wine? A certain varietal you always go for? From a specific wine-producing area? I don’t: I like to try everything and give every winemaker equal time on my palate. Last week it was Rhônes. For my wine 101ers this is a wine from the Rhone region of France, or, lucky…
More From Napa: Phifer Pavitt, Tank Garage Winery, Larkmead, Joseph Phelps and Switchback Ridge
This is the last article in my series on the Napa Valley for 2017. Today we will have a virtual taste from Phifer Pavitt, Tank Garage Winery, Larkmead and Joseph Phelps. Phifer Pavitt We met with Luke Speer, the Director of Hospitality, for our tasting. Phifer Pavitt is known (written up in Wine Spectator 13…
Vintage Eve Circa 7/2014: Tasting the First Rhônes From Workman Ayer
A new Facebook contact, Michel Ayer, invited me to like his winery Facebook page and try a couple of his Rhônes. A brief explanation describing what they do reads, “Workman Ayer is dedicated to producing small lots of ultra premium Rhone style wines from the Central Coast of California.” From there I investigated their website…
Lebanese Wine Day Comes to San Francisco and Los Angeles
(Beirut, Lebanon) – Lebanese Wine Day announces its upcoming winemaker tour in San Francisco and Los Angeles next month, bringing 30 different producers to California to showcase their wines to members of the wine trade. Conceived in one of the oldest sites in the world for wine production, wines from Lebanon have been sought-after for…
Tasting the Hard To Find: TOP Winery
Wasn’t sure if there really was a TOP Winery in Paso Robles as when I first heard about a luncheon with TOP my Google search came up with, you guessed it, pages of top wineries in Paso. I voiced my concern, and demanded more info… That’s when I learned from fellow wine writer Don Sunderling…
Perlis Picks: ONX
The last time Karen and I visited ONX it was at the winery/vineyard in Templeton, just a short distance from Turley Wine Cellars. I took away a few cool things from that visit. The vineyard tour is cool. You think you might be in a residential area, and suddenly there’s a vineyard – Templeton is…