Don and I traveled to Southern France this spring, combining a Viking River Cruise of the Saone and the Rhone rivers with a driving trip along the French Riviera. One reason for traveling with Viking is the complimentary (and free-flowing) wine and beer served with each shipboard lunch and dinner. Enough said. Another plus for…
First Crush http://firstcrushwinemaking.com/ First Crush’s full name is First Crush Winemaking Experience, and First Crush does in fact offer a variety of different experiences. They provide programs for picking, crushing and eventually bottling your own wine, vineyard tours, blending seminars, all the way through complete winemaking education. There are lots of choices depending how deeply…
Bodegas Riojanas, a fifth generation producer from La Rioja, Spain who has been hand-crafting wines since 1890, hosted a VIP Tasting on July 11 along with K&L Wine Merchants, in the uber-cool Hatfield’s Restaurant in Los Angeles, and organized by Allison Levine of Please the Palate. And if you thought that was a lot in…
My Favorite Sparkling Wines from the Republic of Georgia Rolling green hills and the open expanse of lush vineyards dominate the panorama of the Alazani Valley. A wise man once said that the land of the gods is in essence, a vineyard between two mountain ranges. Since the legendary quest of Jason and the Argonauts…
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News of Vino 100 Valencia closing at the end of July hit my inbox a little after lunch on June 29. Sharing the news with Facebook pals, and requesting their memories to share with Lil and Shari produced more fervor. Below you will find an excerpt from Lil and Shari’s final email, a lovely missive…
Tired of being considered the weaker sex…when it comes to wine? Yes, I’ve read it all: We buy wine based on the pretty labels, the pink color, the low price, and from a supermarket shelf, etc. But we’ve got one thing over our male counterparts when it comes to wine: there are more female “SuperTasters”…
Another sunny day in California…but wait…what’s this…a wine fest! Yahoo! Nothing makes a weekend any better than to spend a few hours in the backlot of Raleigh Studios sipping wine, sampling tequila, trying out a new single malt scotch and pairing it all with old pals and new acquaintances. Yes, it’s my life, go get…
Four Brix Winery www.fourbrixwine.com We were ready for our final stop of the day. Gary Stewart, one of the owners of Four Brix Winery in Ventura, had actually set up our itinerary for the day. We had originally planned on visiting four wineries that day, but the amount of quality time we spent at the…
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3703169945256&set=a.1072475539540.13360.1455706632&type=1&theater Can you compose a poem about your love of Rhones or why you should win a free ticket to this Sunday’s tasting? Follow the link above and join other poetic pals to compete. Winner announced tonight at 7pm! (Update – Follow this link to find the sexy poem that won our contest: I Must…
