A few weeks ago, when I reported on the upcoming [November 12, 2011] Paso Garagiste Festival (www.pasogaragiste.com), I promised an update. Well, I had the opportunity recently to sit down at The Cellar with festival founder Doug Minnick and fellow festival organizer Lisa Dinsmore (follow her on Twitter @DailyWine) to get the latest scoop on…
Last Thursday, at Waterloo & City in Culver City, I attempted to sample as many double gold wine and spirit winners I could in about an hour. The time constraint is because I don’t want to deal with the traffic home, and for now, these events occur at lunch and not at the time I…
Picture this: A stunning private estate/vineyard home in Newhall, hosting the second annual pick-up/tasting party for Pulchella winery – just blocks from their tasting room. Why? Because Santa Clarita’s only winery tasting room isn’t quite big enough to entertain all of the members at once in Pulchella style. I had the pleasant task of tasting…
As usual, we had a great turnout for our GOTN, to my surprise as we did our first white wine grape. I was very excited to see that there was a lot of enthusiasm and curiosity from the members of the group that normally would not venture outside of reds, myself included. Though Roussanne grapes…
Previously, Eve’s Wine 101 ran my article about a|k|a An American Bistro in Pasadena and my interview with owner Robert Simon. One of the items covered in that article was the upcoming Santa Barbara County Vintners wine tasting event and dinner on August 29th. The wine tasting event was to be held at a|k|a Bistro…
The Rhone Rangers is an organization devoted to U.S. wineries making wines from the Rhone varietals. Examples of white Rhone varietals are: Viognier Marsanne Roussanne Grenache Blanc Examples of red Rhone varietals are: Syrah Grenache Mourvedre The Rhone Rangers event held annually at Pier 59 Studios in Santa Monica is one of the events I…
Kobayashi Pays Homage to Sustainable Farming with Three Course Vegetable Inspired Menu Artisan, the acclaimed American Bistro by brothers Chris and Mike Kobayashi in the heart of Paso Robles, announces the debut of Field Trip, an homage to producers and gardens practicing sustainable farming to be offered on Monday evenings throughout the dining room and…
It was a Friday night at The Cellar. This guy was leaving, and stopped by our table to say goodnight to DiMaggio Washington, owner of The Cellar, who had joined us for dinner. After he left, something about him made me ask DiMaggio who he was. Okay, maybe it was something about me – I’m…
In my previous article, I wrote about how much I am enjoying the television show Vine Talk. This article is about a particular episode of the show where the topic was one of my favorites: Paso Robles Zinfandel. Stanley Tucci hosted the following celebrities: Ron Darling – former All-Star pitcher for the New York Mets…