TEMECULA, Calif. – Amidst the award-winning vineyards of South Coast Winery Resort & Spa and Carter Estate Winery and Resort, the New Year’s Eve festivities will begin when guests check in to either resort to enjoy a special two-night Wine, Dine and Toast to 2021 package with celebratory amenities. Another festive option is for dining…
Another week, and another great opportunity for a Zoom meeting, this time with a winery in Italy, Chianti Classico to be exact: …Giovanni Mazzei debuts three new Chianti Classico Gran Selezione releases from Castello di Fonterutoli, the historic Tuscan estate where his family has been making wine for 24 generations. Castello di Fonterutoli’s vineyards are situated within…
ATASCADERO, CALIF. (PRWEB) – SIP (Sustainability in Practice) Certified welcomes over fifteen new vineyards and wineries to their line-up of businesses committed to practicing sustainable farming and winemaking methods. The holistic nature of the third-party certification process encompasses the three P’s of sustainability; People, Planet, Prosperity. As the consumer demand for full transparency continues to grow,…
As harvest season offers wine and culinary immersion, this fall and winter in the Santa Ynez Valley will be a truly peaceful experience (SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif.) — The long road of 2020 deserves a better ending, and the Santa Ynez Valley is just the place to turn the calendar on a higher note. The…
My history with DAOU is a long one, so I was thrilled to receive the 2017 Soul of a Lion to review, as well as some gift ideas that I’ve shared below my tasting notes. Let me start with some of my previous notes: I covered the first few annual Cab Collective events, a multi-day…
One rare not-so-sunny day I traveled to the Mondrian Los Angeles in West Hollywood for a wine class and tasting on the Alentejo region of Portugal. My education on Portugal had been, up to this point, mostly spent on the obvious: Ports. However, as a wine writer, it’s always special to not only taste new…
KELSEYVILLE, Calif., PRNewswire — Lake County received the highest rating ever achieved by a wine from its region – receiving a 96 point rating for the 2016 Sol Rouge Petite Sirah from Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Lake County, a small wine growing region directly north of Napa, used to be part of Napa County and was said…
MENDOZA, ARGENTINA (PRWEB) – Trapiche, one of Argentina’s largest and most historically-important wine producers, announced that Wine & Spirits Magazine has recognized it as a Top 100 Winery of the Year for 2020. Wine & Spirits designates its Top 100 Wineries of the World annually. The magazine’s editors have tasted thousands of wines from around the…
ST. HELENA, Calif., /PRNewswire/ — Sutter Home Family Vineyards, a longtime champion in the fight against breast cancer, announced today the winery’s renewed commitment to fighting breast cancer with the 20th annual Sutter Home for Hope campaign. As one of America’s first wine companies to make a commitment to breast cancer research, treatment and education, Sutter Home…
Barbera d’Asti is the identity of Tenuta Montemagno, wine producers in the heart of Monferrato. Actually, Barbera is the variety that most of all tells the story of Tenuta Montemagno, through its 80 years old vineyards, planted on clay and limestone soil with slightly silty marls, Western facing. Our Metodo Classico are made from Barbera…