Over 60+ Pinot producers from around the world will be gathering in Los Angeles for an elite tasting event on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. Los Angeles, California – STARS of Pinot is back for a smashing event… we are preparing this to be wineLA’s biggest event in YEARS!!! From Champagne, France to the heart of the Russian River…
There are certain wine and spirit distributors that are known for representing a lot of producers of, well, plonk, and keeping strangle holds on their regions that prevent higher quality products to be available for the consumer. Henry Wine Group is absolutely not one of these kinds of distributors. Per their website, Henry Wine…
Let me start with some information about the vineyards we visited on our tour… Papera Ranch – the vines were planted in 1934 by Celestino Papera. Head-trained and dry farmed, the vineyard is mostly Zinfandel with Carignane, Syrah, Petite Sirah and Valdiguie. Stuart Coulson purchased the property in 2007 and he and Chris Bowland of…
In spite of the great seminars and meals around town, the most exciting parts of the weekend for me were still the big Opening and Closing Tastings. As mentioned previously, the tastings featured 145 tasting tables at which to taste the wide variety of what the Rhone wines have to offer. With an understandably heavy-Central…
Napa, California – Richard Mendelson, the leading expert on appellation and wine law in the USA, has released “Appellation Napa Valley – Building and Protecting an American Treasure” from Val de Grace Books. In this landmark book, Mendelson, who managed the legal work for many of these very appellations, tells a detailed story of the…
DETAILS ANNOUNCED AROUND 32nd ANNUAL WINESONG, MENDOCINO’S PREMIER FOOD & WINE EVENT Tickets Now on Sale for Annual Event to Benefit Mendocino Coast District Hospital — Lowell Herrero Named 2016 Artist of Year in Memoriam — — Grace Family Vineyards Named as 2016 Honored Winery — FORT BRAGG, CA – Tickets are now on sale…
The Alsace-inspired winery to offer vacationers a room with a view and a place at the bar SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Longtime family-owned Edna Valley winery Claiborne & Churchill is thrilled to announce the completion of a beautifully renovated tasting room, along with new, charming wine country guest accommodations. These updates and new offerings…
ExploreIsrael.com, the premier booking site and concierge service for any and all trips to Israel, maps a path through Israel’s premier kosher wine trail including the oldest, and most unique wineries in the country. Israeli wines, kosher or not, often beat non-kosher wines from the best wine regions in the world in international competitions. Over 100…
PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB, CA – Pine Mountain Club, home to the popular Lilac Festival showcasing an abundance of flora, weather that showcases actual visible change every season and the 24/7 richness of pine trees and wildlife…is also known for one other thing: Wine in the Pines for over 10 years. This year the event is…
Little known but fast emerging on the ultra-hot Oakland food and drinks scene is the Oakland Urban Wine Trail. As the name suggests, these are not tasting rooms surrounded by acres of vineyards because they exist in the confines of Oakland, California. In this case of tasting rooms popping up among restaurants, hotels and boutiques,…