Brian McClintic, Jay Fletcher, Jason Heller and Reggie Narito Teach Level I and Level II Sommelier Courses to be held at Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara WHO: Brian McClintic, managing partner of Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant, the wine bar and retail store which opened in 2013 to rave reviews in Santa…
Our first day in Napa Valley took us (I was traveling with social networking maven Claudia Sheridan) several places — here are two that turned our heads. ZD Wines http://www.zdwines.com/wine Assistant tasting room manager Chris explained that the winery practiced all organic farming, including from the growers they use. Having the benefit of long term…
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HARVEST UPDATE: WINEGROWERS OF DRY CREEK VALLEY PROCLAIM 2014 ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL VINTAGE HEALDSBURG, Calif. — The 2014 vintage is shaping up to be an excellent vintage for the Dry Creek Valley, the Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley® (WDCV) announced today.online pharmacy https://www.dino-dds.com/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/new/singulair.html no prescription drugstore One of 16 appellations in Sonoma County, California, Dry…
When I started this wine journey over 20 years ago, the first large events I attended were held at The Wine House in West Los Angeles. (I attended small classes too and I’m pleased to see that they still offer both.) Anyway, the Cabernet Fest was one of my favorites. I believe we had an…
STARS of Cabernet wine tasting at Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills LearnAboutWine is pleased to announce the sold out line-up of quality wineries attending Stars of Cabernet presented by Infiniti of Beverly Hills on November 12th at the Peninsula Hotel, now includes Alpha Omega winemaker, Jean Hoefliger, and TEXTBOOK winemaker, Jonathan Pey. Jean Hoefliger is one…
The Garagiste Festival unveiled the winemaker line up for the fourth annual Garagiste Festival: Paso Robles to be held November 6th to 9th. Over 70 garagiste* winemakers are scheduled to pour over 150 wines during the non-profit festival, which is the first and only festival dedicated to undiscovered and under-recognized American garagiste winemakers who are…
HALL Wines, a premier portfolio of luxury wineries and tasting rooms located in Napa Valley, has been awarded LEED® Gold Certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council for its HALL St. Helena modern Tasting Room and high-tech Production Facility. This accolade is the second LEED® Gold award for the HALL Wines St. Helena property…
For a long time, I’ve focused on whether a wine provides me with a pure and clean expression of fruit. But now along comes Abe Schoener, winemaker and owner of the Scholium Project (http://scholiumwines.com/), and changes all of that. Recently, we had the pleasure to attend a barrel tasting of Scholium Project wines, led by…
Oh, that elusive reference wine drinkers make to “terroir” sets my wine 101 readers to wonder…what the heck is this person trying to say with that one word? Short answer: Everything that went into getting that grape to become that wine. According to the Oxford Dictionary, terroir is “The complete natural environment in which a…