I received some wine from Napa Valley winery Benessere to review, so I thought it would be fun to include two in a tasting I was doing in my home with three other couples. What my guests didn’t expect was that a simple suggestion – for the men to describe one while the women described…
Celebrating three decades of fine wines, beautiful scenery and destination-worthy cuisine, event kicks off November 6 in Yosemite National Park The Ahwahnee, a recently refurbished, full-service, AAA Four-Diamond hotel located in scenic Yosemite Valley, Calif., will welcome 33 of California’s best vintners for its 30th annual Vintners’ Holidays event series starting this November. Celebrating three…
VINE TALK is a wonderful TV show that you may not have heard of until now. So, please allow me to tell you what you’ve been missing. The show airs locally on KLCS at 5 PM on Saturdays. Vine Talk’s website [www.vinetalk.com] is also starting to run full episodes. Filmed in New York at Lincoln…
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Stars of California event presented by Learn About Wine. According to the invitation, the purpose of this event was to focus on “Newer or smaller brands that will make the difference in the future of wine in your stores, wine lists, and events.” The event was held…
Once again, I tried to tackle a large tasting in an hour. But this time, and the first time in a long time, I failed. It took me three and a half hours to get through the lineup listed below. I saw many familiar faces: wine (Rob Barnett of Vin Village), tequila, sake (Yoshi Murakami)…
The last time I co-chaired a big wine event, Pour Into Haiti with Roman Weiser and David Schutz, I counted on these two very capable men to harness the winery help while I could focus on being the social networking butterfly. With the Circle of Hope (COH) taking over the Betty Ferguson Foundation’s Vine 2…
Less than two weeks away, this year’s LAWineFest, promises to be the biggest and the best yet with participating wineries topping off at 120. Within the fest, there will be a broad range of affordable wine, spirits, and pairing classes to choose from. Additionally, The Robert Mondavi Discover Wine Tour will be holding several complimentary…
Okay. It was Saturday morning, approaching 11:00. Almost time for the Turley Wine Cellars semi-annual pick-up party. This is the event where those mailing-list purchasers of Turley wines show up to pick up their orders, enjoy a lot of wine and food, music and camaraderie. Former emergency room doctor Larry Turley founded Napa Valley based…
Once again we had a fantastic Grape of the Night adventure at Valencia Wine Company. The varietal for this adventure was Petite Sirah. I was corrected by many of my readers for posting the incorrect spelling. I am glad to see so many detail oriented readers in our group actually read what I write. Petite…
As we were preparing for our latest trip to Paso Robles, my wife and I were talking about our mutual interest in wine [okay, her interest, my obsession]. The question came up as to how we got to the point we are now. So, I started thinking about it. It actually started about 30-years ago…