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Local friends Terry and Carl Kanowsky are hosting another Wine Tasting at Salt Creek to benefit the Boys & Girls Club on Thursday, August 23rd, at 6:30. The featured winery is Talley, based in Arroyo Grande. Robert Parker describes Talley as a “winery dedicated to classy, elegant, long-lived Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs.” Parker recently devoted…
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…
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Silver Horse Winery http://www.silverhorse.com Awhile back, we attended a tasting at the Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles put on by the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance. One of the highlights of this tasting for me was Silver Horse Winery, which is located in San Miguel. This is essentially Northeast of Paso Robles, and is sometimes…
I recently queried Facebook pals, restaurant owners and those that receive our Dear Wine Friend newsletter to collect corkage fees around Santa Clarita. This article is the result. But first a definition of a corkage fee: For my wine 101ers a corkage fee is a set amount a restaurant or wine bar may charge you…
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For some reason, when I mention Tobin James to certain wine people [snobs?], they turn up their noses. Why? I’m not really sure. Is it because Tobin makes wines for a wide range of wine lovers, at lots of price points? Or is it because people have fun in his tasting room? Or is it…