(Santa Barbara is pretty close, it’s a pretty wine, I just watched Pretty In Pink with Polly Pingwald, and, the tasting is a paltry $20. Sounds like a party to me!) PINKS Private Release and Vintage Tasting Joins the Santa Barbara Vintners’ Festival Weekend Festivities WHAT: As part of the Santa Barbara Vintners’ Festival…
I love Gary Warburton. I loved learning to bottle from his Manhattan Beach winery almost as much as I enjoyed sitting down with his “workers” afterwards for an incredible meal. Are all winemakers great chefs? Well, Garys just returned from the BVI, and this is the second installment of his travels that he agreed to…
I read Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat. To be honest, I listened to it via a recording. Loved listening to her speak. I got a little out of it, like walking up stairs instead of using elevators, drinking Champagne whenever possible, and, if I have my fire chief at home to cook them: buying…
My thoughts and feelings about trying unique wines is equal to my interest in trying new restaurants. I especially enjoy the smaller more unique one of a kind restaurants that you find from time to time. Today I dropped by Vino 100 to see what delectable spirits they had in their many wine racks. Sarah,…
This looks kind of interesting. A source in Napa (Not Trefethen) told me that large format bottles are mostly made just for charitable donations. Even small wineries are expected to donate large format bottles to Napa-based charities. That sounds kind of costly. And how many of us have ever purchased a 3-liter bottle of wine? …
Local wine friend, and TGIC wine importer, Jeffrey Levine, handed me a flier today at Vine 2 Wine regarding this Chilean effort. I’ve met Alex when he, and Jeff’s wife Chef Tamra Levine, did a phenomenal – and first time for Santa Clarita – Chilean wine pairing dinner at Salt Creek Grille Valencia. I found…
I love cheese! I can live on Quesadillas every day! (But have no idea how to spell it!) The second best thing about wine tasting is the complementary cheese! I want a cheese monger (Is that even right? I know there’s such a thing as a fish monger…)here in Santa Clarita. Right now my fave…
2 free tickets via Pulchella Winery for tomorrow’s Vine 2 Wine: WAS WON BY @goddessofvino DENISE LOWE IN 9 MINUTES Details: Vine 2 Wine is April 11, 2010 – 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Held at a private residence in Sand Cyn: 26252 Ravenhill Road, Canyon Country, CA 91387. Artisan wine, food and mingling with…
The Henry Wine Group is a US-based wine importer, wholesaler, and broker. Recently, as a guest of All Corked Up [www.allcorkedup.com], I had the opportunity to attend their TASTE OF THE WORLD 2010 trade-tasting at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Upon entering, I was handed a 264-page Tasting Book. The event is billed as “a grand…
Do you know Rob and Monica Trautwein? When they lived, not that long ago, in Santa Clarita, they frequented All Corked Up and I met them at Valencia Wine Company for a Grape of the Night tasting. Taking their wine knowledge to their new home in the Westside, I got an e-mail recently from them…
