JOHNSON CITY, Texas – Carter Hospitality Group announces Carter Creek Winery, in the heart of Texas Hill Country, earned six awards at the 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (SFCWC), which took place during the week of January 15. This competition is the largest in North America and brings attention and respect to the industry worldwide. Now…
When we were looking for our final winery to visit during our most recent trip to the Dry Creek Valley area, we really wanted a place that would be new to us and to our readers but at the same time be of extremely high quality. We think we did pretty well. Tim Bucher grew…
Dry Creek Valley has some amazing wineries. Some of the wineries are pretty large and offer multiple experiences with winery staff. But if you are looking for something more personal, there is nothing more personal than Frick Winery. Bill Frick’s wine journey started at the ripe old age of 7. Yes, you read that right…
(Paso Robles) – The national Rhone Rangers will host the 16th “Rhone Rangers Experience” on Sunday, February 18, 2024, in Paso Robles, CA. A full day is planned during the annual Presidents’ Weekend event, including a “Rhone Essentials” seminar, Vintners’ Luncheon, Grand Tasting of 250+ wines, and a Silent Auction benefitting the Rhone Rangers educational…
MEDFORD, Ore. — Travel Medford, the official Destination Marketing Organization for the city of Medford, is thrilled to announce the remarkable achievements of the highly anticipated 2023 Oregon Wine Competition at the Oregon Wine Experience. The prestigious event, held from Aug. 15-18 in Medford, showcased the excellence of nearly 100 esteemed wineries spanning the state, prominently recognizing…
We recently wrote about a wine dinner at Tam O’Shanter restaurant featuring Carol Shelton Wines that we were unfortunately unable to attend. At the time, we had resolved to do our best to make it to the next wine dinner at The Tam, and that opportunity came sooner than expected when Tam O’Shanter paired up…
Our wine journey would probably have been a lot different if we hadn’t wandered into a certain modest storefront winery tasting room in downtown Los Olivos back in the mid-1990s. Yes, we had already discovered California Rhone wines with a bottle of Le Cigare Volant from Bonny Doon Vineyards that we had purchased at a…
When we first heard of Folded Hills, we were excited that we were going to try a new winery. Folded Hills was definitely new to us, although Eve’s Wine 101’s own Eve Bushman wrote about a tasting of their wines that she attended in early 2020: www.evewine101.com/2020/02/28/discovering-folded-hills-winery-plus-winemaker-angela-osborne/ The winery itself is also fairly new. The…
With the refrain of 1970s Peter Allen song “Everything Old Is New Again” seemingly ringing in our ears, we were looking forward to visiting some of our old favorites in Santa Barbara County from the 1980s and 1990s while also exploring some new-to-us wineries. It turned out that our first stop was a little bit…
Some time ago we had explored paying a visit to the restaurant Little Beast in Eagle Rock. Starting as a popup by Sean Lowenthal and Deborah Schwartz, it found its eventual permanent spot in 2013 in a historic craftsman home built in 1911. Well, we never did make it over there. Then, we read last…