2012 Sonoma Wine Country Weekend www.sonomawinecountryweekend.com While I am not typically a holiday-weekend traveler, I jumped at the opportunity to attend Sonoma Wine County Weekend, an annual event held over Labor Day Weekend. Produced by the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation and the Sonoma County Vintners, the events of the most recent festival raised…
Idell Family Vineyards http://idellfamilyvineyards.com Sonoma Wine Country Weekend is held annually over Labor Day Weekend. And while the main event is on Saturday, there are festivities happening all over Sonoma County that weekend – winery dinners, barbeques, etc. I will write more about the festival and its mission in my next article, but right now…
50% first vintage since 2006; 45% have own vineyard/grapes; 62% have no tasting room; 70% favor Syrah Paso Robles, CA – October 2, 2012 – Forty-eight artisan ‘garagiste’ winemakers are set to pour at the Second Annual Garagiste Festival, the first and only festival dedicated to promoting artisan ‘garagiste*’ winemakers, held November 8th through 11th…
I’m almost afraid to be asked what I liked best at the LA Epicurean Fest. It’s like being asked to suggest a wine without knowing the drinker’s palate. How would I know which of the following you would dig as much as I did: My Vienna coffee in chocolate cups and Cantaloupe sorbet, High Roller’s…
Vine 2 Wine, in this its second year morphed with The SCV Wine Classic, has successfully created an event that leaves nothing, sans your own notes on the wines, left to the imagination. Let me explain… Vine 2 Wine, run for nearly a decade by the former Betty Ferguson Foundation, was a lovely afternoon affair…
Cost-conscious consumers who want to stretch their dollar further will have a chance to make both a great wine purchase and a charitable donation during the entire month of September, when Viña Montes kicks off their “Angels in Action” fundraiser in support of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). Viña Montes, the world-renowned Chilean winery helmed by…
Proulx Wines www.proulxwines.com The last thing Greer at Silver Horse Winery said to us the previous day as we were leaving was to be sure to visit her family’s winery, Proulx, when we were on the Westside of Paso Robles. So, as we were leaving Westberg Cellars, which is on the Westside, that is where…
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…
In case folks can’t make it to LAWineFest during the day – or want to continue tasting more limited library selections while supporting City of Hope – wine-lovers can purchase tickets for $75 each and gain admittance to LAWineFest at 5pm, followed by the VIP reception and special tasting from 6-7:30pm. (Note from Eve: If…
Sutter Home Family Vineyards today announced the 2012 kick-off of the 21st annual Build a Better Burger Recipe contest and cook-off. The contest is now officially open for recipe submissions, closing September 3, 2012. Finalists will compete for the $100,000 grand prize for the winning all-beef burger, and a $15,000 prize for the winning alternative…