Get a Taste of Sunland Vintage and Cielo Wineyards at the 3rd Annual California Jazz & Wine Festival (PROMO CODE 1413 and receive a 10% discount)

Thousand Oaks, Calif.– Wines and Jazz lovers from throughout the region will gather in Thousand Oaks on May 18th for the 3rd Annual California Jazz & Wine Fest, set for Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Conejo Creek Park North (1379 East Janss Road) in Thousand Oaks. Presented by the Rotary Club of Westlake Village Sunrise, the…

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Perlis Picks: 2014 Family Winemakers of California

Family Winemakers of California http://familywinemakers.org (FWC) is an organization dedicated to preserving the diversity of California wine and supporting family owned wineries. Anyone who produces wine commercially or who grows wine grapes can join, although membership is dominated by wineries with an annual production of less than 5,000 cases. These small wineries also get a…

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Meet me here: Discover A Heavenly Oasis Just Outside of Downtown Los Angeles of Decadent Wine+Food+Music at the 2nd Annual Sierra Pelona Valley Vintners Wine & Jazz Festival

The Sierra Pelona Valley Vintners Association 2nd Annual Vintners Festival & Jazz In the Vineyard Event on Saturday, April 26, from 11am-4pm, at Reyes Winery in Agua Dulce, just 45 minutes north of downtown Los Angeles, features an unparalleled mix of great locally-produced wine and food, paired with illustrious live jazz music performed in a…

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Wine and Jazz Spring Fling

Guy Lelarge, and your friends at Valencia Wine Company, are welcoming spring in a whole new way: they’ve just announced their first-ever mid-year over-the-top wine tasting event for the afternoon of Sunday April 27. Starting at 2pm guests will have a ticketless tasting of several hand-picked wines, beginning with Champagne Nicolas Feuillate D’luscious (a Demi…

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MEET ME: Paso Robles CAB Collective Gains Notoriety for Cabernet and Red Bordeaux Varietals

CABs of Distinction Expands to Five-day Event   The Paso Robles CAB (Cabernet and Bordeaux) Collective (PRCC) announced details for its second annual CABs of Distinction events, April 22 – 26, 2014.   After the success of the inaugural CABs of Distinction event (launched last year to celebrate and promote Cabernet Sauvignon and red Bordeaux…

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Vintage Beacon 3/09, The Signal 3/02: Wine, and Junk Food, and Neighbors

Were there really men over forty-years-old dancing in my family room to Eraserhead?  (Or was it Tortoise Head or maybe even the more discerning, Porpoise Head?)  Eddie’e CD collection from the eighties strewn across every available counter top?  Middle-aged women discussing random acts of body piercing in my kitchen?  An impromptu lecture on getting really…

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LES MARCHANDS ANNOUNCES 2nd ANNUAL SANTA BARBARA COUNTY WINE FUTURES TASTING

First Tasting of Cuvees before Public Release to be Held on April 19, 2014 in The Funk Zone  Master Sommelier Brian McClintic and Sommelier Eric Railsback, partners of Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant,  the award-winning wine bar and retail shop in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, announce the 2nd Annual 2014 Santa Barbara County Wine Futures Tasting. On Saturday, April 19,…

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