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…
Last night I attended the “debut” of Pulchella Winery’s first wine pairing dinner. Held at Salt Creek Grille Valencia – now serving up popular wine dinners monthly it would seem – the restaurant had to add more seating to meet demand. Pulchella Winery, for those that don’t know it yet, opened Santa Clarita’s first winery…
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)…
Epoch Estate Wines How does a winery achieve immediate cult status? I first heard about Epoch perhaps a couple of years ago, maybe a little less. Lots of buzz on the erobertparker. online pharmacy https://www.dentalworks.com/wp-content/themes/dentalworks/images/png/valtrex.html no prescription com message boards and elsewhere. I signed up for the mailing list and was offered a small allocation….
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…
It was Saturday afternoon, and we were wrapping up our visit to Paso Robles. The previous day, we had spent much of the afternoon with Neil Roberts of Clavo Cellars, tasting through the wines he had in barrel. It was now time for our last stop of the weekend, visiting the Clavo tasting room…
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…
Part 1: Old world 09 Domaine de la Quilla, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie – Loire Valley, France Color – clear, pale yellow. Aroma – grapefruit, lemon, hints of honeydew. Taste – high acid, lemon, stainless steel, green apples, nice viscosity. Finish – mid length. Conclusion – DiMaggio suggested a pairing of cold seafood salad. …
Mourvèdre The Grape of the Night for the month of May was fantastic. Everyone pulled out all of the stops and brought some terrific examples of a very unique wine known as Mourvèdre. This wine originated in Spain and is also called mataro or monastrell. It is the principal black grape of the five appellations…