Thomas Keller, renowned chef and proprietor of The Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, which includes The French Laundry and Per Se, both of which hold three-star Michelin ratings, will receive the TORCH Award during the upcoming Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo on August 28th – 30th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The award, which recognizes…
As I was getting ready to leave the Circle of Hope’s Vine 2 Wine CLASSIC last month, there was a rumor swelling…all opened bottles had to be finished, poured out, or stored properly in the trunks of cars to enjoy at home. I made a beeline for the Library Wine tables first, and there was…
HALL, one of the leading Cabernet producers in the world, has announced plans to renew its premiere culinary offering, A Taste of HALL, for 2016. The wildly popular food and wine pairing workshop is designed to engage, inspire and educate guests about seasonal food and wine pairings while channeling ones inner chef. We are thrilled…
What is making the tenth Vine 2 Wine the new CLASSIC? It’s not classic because it’s a decade old, it’s now the CLASSIC because the wine chair, from the former SCV Wine Classic, Jeff Jacobson, has joined Circle of Hope’s event committee. Within a matter of weeks Jeff has gone from a half a dozen…
Hate to admit it, but we are all probably guilty of this at one time: I haven’t tasted or visited Rombauer Vineyards in a few years. Just like when you check out the constant barrage of new restaurants and forget about your old favorites. So I was very pleased to be reminded of this long-running…
Oh yes. We were just planning a trip to Napa and a visit to Joseph Phelps winery when I pilfered my cellar and found a bottle of 2002 Insignia – Wine Spectator had rated the 2002 red blend a wine of the year. online pharmacy https://sevlaser.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/jpg/levaquin.html no prescription Ed had planned on a Tri Tip…
I’m challenging myself this week to learn more about kosher wines and basically soak your holidays past New Years. I’ve had the kosher Manischewitz wine at a couple of Bris ceremonies: Fruit juice that a newborn boy could happily suckle off of a soft cloth for anesthetic purposes. I only tolerated it as that was…
Visit the gorgeous Hahn Family Wines in the Santa Lucia Highlands near Carmel-by-the-Sea and you may get lucky enough to take an ATV up to one of the highest points overlooking the estate. Trying the spectacular single-vineyard Lucienne wines while perched above the vines is a unique lesson in how climate and terroir influence the…
A Collaborative Menu by Renowned Sicilian Chefs Peppe Barone and Antonio Colombo Reflect Sicily’s Culinary Heritage and Contemporary Styling Piero Selvaggio and Executive Chef Tommaso Tarantino of VALENTINO, and their special guests Executive Chef Peppe Barone (Fattoria delle Torri and Ristorante Cenobio) and Executive Chef Antonio Colombo ( Locanda Gulfi), located in Sicily. In tribute to the Columbus Day holiday, Piero Selvaggio hosts celebrated Chef Peppe Barone of Fattoria delle Torri in Modica, Piero’s humble birthplace in…
Guests at Ca Del Sole restaurant passed our table and stopped to remark, “Are you having a wine tasting here? We figured with the three magnums on the table…” That what? We’d share? Oh no, I was going to take any extra wine home by employing the old trick of sticking that cork right back…