June 3 at Vibiana, 214 South Main St, Los Angeles: Over 40 wineries, 200 wines will be available for tasting. Food trucks will provide tasty treats for pairing with our wines. General Admission Tickets, $45. Use this promo code at checkout for a $5 Sidekick Discount: SDKLA612 through this link. This ticket provides entry at…
Our next stop was Turley Wine Cellars, where they were presenting a blending seminar. The panelists were National Sales Manager Christina Turley, Winemaker Karl Wicka and Vineyard Manager Brennan Stover, and the topic was how the various blocks of the Pesenti Vineyard in Paso Robles are blended together. The Pesenti Vineyard was originally planted over…
Our plan to attend this year’s Paso ZinFest was actually put into play a few months ago, when we visited Janell Dusi at her family’s Dusi vineyard with Mike Ortiz and Carey Babcock, and vowed to return in March to her J Dusi winery club pick up party, which just happened to be on ZinFest…
Robert Simon owns two wonderful restaurants in Pasadena: a/k/a an American Bistro (www.akabistro.com) and Bistro 45 (www.bistro45.com). It had been way too long since we had visited either. But then we received the following via email: Edibles for Epicureans Events and Wine Dinners In the continuing tradition of Bistro 45’s discovery of new wineries and…
What a night at Valencia Wine Company for our January 2012 Grape of the Night. One of the largest showings that we have had in a while. Included in our gathering was none other than Gary Stewart of Four Brix Winery tantalizing us with some of his latest and greatest wines. Those of you that…
On March 21, 2012, at 6:30, at Salt Creek Grill, Adam Lee of Siduri/Novy Wineries will conduct a wine and food pairing to benefit the SCV Boys & Girls Club. Siduri is a highly-acclaimed Sonoma winery, focused on creating ultra-premium Pinot Noir. Robert Parker, the dean of wine critics, says of Siduri, “One of California’s…
Carlisle Winery www.carlislewinery.com Our time in Napa was coming to a close, and I was jonesing for some Zinfandel. We had arrived in Napa on Wednesday and spent some time with Christina Turley tasting some Turley Zins and Petites. But now it was Friday, and we had gone an entire day without any Zinfandel. Clearly,…
So The Wine Enthusiast Magazine comes out with it’s annual Top 100 Picks for 2011… and wouldn’t you know it – A few more missed opportunities from “Chef Mike” for Seek, Find, Buy, and Enjoy Wines that now may or MAY NOT be able to be obtained! Among a the 100 here are few that…
The members of the Paso Robles Chapter of the Rhone Rangers invite you to the 2012 Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience Windfall Farms Sunday, February 19th, 2012 Seminar and Luncheon 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM Grand Tasting and Silent Auction 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM Join the 45+ members of the Paso Robles Chapter of the Rhone…
Turley Wine Cellars www.turleywinecellars.com A few days before the Paso Garagiste Festival, we found ourselves in Napa. Possibly not the ideal place for this Zin and Rhone fan, especially with my usual focus on smaller artisan winemakers, but I was game to make the most of it. online pharmacy azithromycin no prescription pharmacy So, where…