I drove myself down to Woodland Hills recently to meet with wine importer of the year Alex Guarachi, the CEO of TGIC (Thank God it’s Chilean) to learn about Chile’s Carmenere grape, TGIC distributing California wines – including Alex’s own Guarachi Family Wines label – and to do some tasting! Oh, and did I mention,…
Do you remember the old Creedence Clearwater Revival song, “Lodi”? Yes, the one that had the classic line, “Oh Lord, I’m stuck in Lodi again”. Well, I had those words rolling around in my head last week as I took up some old friends on a wine tasting invite down in the Lodi area. I…
This event, the third through the Ventura County Winery Association for a weekend of tasting centered around Valentine’s Day, was a first for me. It began with a one hour drive to Camarillo and Oxnard. Armed only with a map, pen, pad and a blended mocha, I foraged to parts unknown to me…as a wine…
Today we have one of my Two-Bottle posts of Wine Guerrilla Zinfandels crafted by Bruce Patch. (Info on how you can become a guerrilla, and get your hands on possibly “the greatest Zin in the world”, is below the tasting report): 09 Harris-Kratka Vineyard Zinfandel Alexander Valley, Sonoma County 85% Zinfandel, 10% Carignan & 5%…
What a night at Valencia Wine Company for our January 2012 Grape of the Night. One of the largest showings that we have had in a while. Included in our gathering was none other than Gary Stewart of Four Brix Winery tantalizing us with some of his latest and greatest wines. Those of you that…
Tickets On-Sale Now for the 20th Annual Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival March 16 – 18, 2012 Tickets are on sale now for the 20th Annual Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival, March 16 – 18, 2012. The best of Paso Robles Wine Country converge for one weekend to celebrate the area’s heritage winegrape during the popular Zin…
What a spectacular event. This is the second time that I have attended Pinot Days and I am still finding old and new wineries producing fantastic Pinot Noirs. This year there were Pinot Noirs from France known as Burgundy’s, Pinots from New Zealand, Oregon and of course California. This varietal is really unique as there…
Recently, I had the opportunity to watch a changing of the guard take place. No, not like the British Soldiers at Buckingham Palace perform regularly in London nor a new administration in the White House.buy lasix online https://buywithoutprescriptiononlinerx.net/lasix.html no prescription Actually, this changing of the guard is wine related and could possibly have a…
In an internet search for food and wine recipes, I Googled recipes from wineries. I found that PasoWineriesEast had it’s own page with a few: http://www.pasorobleswinerieseast.com/pasorobleswinerieseastwineryrecipes.html and picked the one where I knew the wine, and the winemaker: Ingredients: 1/4 c olive oil 1/2 lb boneless chicken cut into bite size pieces 1 large onion…