winery
RARECAT PROFESSIONAL A NEW OPTION
Vintner Sharon Kazan Harris offers programs using wine as a business tool St. Helena, Napa Valley, summer 2015 — Vintner Sharon Kazan Harris, who launched RARECAT Wines in 2009, is launching RARECAT Professional, a new consulting business which designs programs for businesses based on using wine as a business tool. Kazan Harris chooses wines specifically…
Mystic Hills Vineyard’s Awards Piling Up
New Winery Now Named the Monterey Winery of the Year Paso Robles, CA – A new small family owned winery, Mystic Hills Vineyard, has been honored with awards in every competition it has entered. Now it has been awarded the top spot: Monterey Winery of the Year under the USA Individual Awards handed down by…
KITA Wines and the Camp 4 Vineyards of the Chumash Tribe, by Barbara Barrielle
I must admit that, living in Healdsburg, I was mortified when an Indian casino was built into the pristine hills above neighboring Alexander Valley. And I still think River Rock Casino is an eyesore and does not belong perched on a hill overlooking vineyards. Recently, I discovered a different side of the tribal gaming story…
Wine 101ers Dream Part IV: Visiting Bordeaux’s Château Pichon Baron
Talk about a gorgeous winery! The iconic grounds alone should make you gasp and we took lots of photos and selfies before even starting the tour. (Facebook album link here.) Once our guide met us we learned that the winery started in 1694 with 73 hectares when the Baron de Longeville married the daughter of…
Vintage Beacon Circa Nov 2010: Holiday Tasting by Valencia Wine Company Again!
Back for a 6th time, and better than ever, Guy Lelarge, the staff of Valencia Wine company, dozens of wine representatives from the U.S. and abroad, Chef Daniel Otto and the Oaks Grille staff, gave guests an “all-you-can-taste” shopping spree. That last part, about the shopping spree, refers to guests that were able to get…
TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG? By Michael Perlis
The blogosphere kind of blew up recently over a post by Ron Washam on his Hosemaster of Wine site: http://hosemasterofwine.blogspot.com/2015/05/karen-macneil-speaks-to-wine-bloggers.html Ron purports to have gotten a transcript of The Wine Bible’s author Karen MacNeil’s upcoming presentation at the Wine Blogger Conference. If you are familiar at all with Mr. Washam, you know that nothing and…
Wine 101ers Dream Part III: Visiting Bordeaux’s Château Leoville Poyferre
An hour’s drive from Bordeaux’s center is St. Julien – where you will see Châteaux, some directly across the street or next door to one another with vines as far as the naked eye can see. We hit the mother load. We took photos where we could (see Facebook album here.) and even found a…
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade Culinary Cookout Returns to Fight Childhood Cancer for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Suzanne Goin, Caroline Styne and David Lentz Invite Culinary Friends to Cook for Kids’ Cancer Cures at 6th Annual Event LOS ANGELES, CA — Chefs from across the country are set to return to Los Angeles for the 6th Annual L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade culinary cookout benefiting Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and the fight against childhood cancer on Saturday, September 12, 2015 from…
