I think I am finally beginning to understand the Scholium Project wines. A little. Maybe. It’s taken me a few years. Perhaps it has to do with how I think and feel about wine. You may have noticed that even though I have been contributing to Eve’s Wine 101 for several years now, I rarely…
Cori Solomon, organizer of #LAWineWriters, recently arranged for our group to meet with Thrass Giantsidis of Greece’s renowned Ktima Gerovassillou all-estate winery. The plan: To boldly go where…wait…to be led through a tasting of his highly-awarded wines along with some small plates at Downtown LA’s Ledlow restaurant. I did a little research on Ktima Gerovassiliou…
Wine Making ~ Receive a Certificate of Completion* Classes are scheduled for 2016, SIGN UP NOW! Location: University Center, College of the Canyons Campus Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Saturdays: April 30, June 11, June 25 and July 23 – Need Minimum of 10 Students to Schedule – Cost: $75/per class or $225 for Entire…
We love a good chili at our house. This time I wanted to get all the prep done and let it sit in a crock pot all day for two reasons: I wanted most of the clean up out of the way early and I wanted my house to smell good for several hours. Found…
As it’s the Friday before a long weekend, I give you two wines from Napa Valley’s Patland Estate Vineyards to consider drinking if you’re housebound or bound to parts unknown: 08 Proprietary Red Wine Terra Del Cuore 14.8% alcohol Bottle No. 1008 of 1560 Napa Valley Color – Opaque, purple, deep ruby edge. Aroma –Mint,…
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,…
Dinner, Dancing, and a Live and Silent Auction Will Take Place at Soda Rock Winery on May 14, 2016 HEALDSBURG, CA – In honor of its 40th anniversary taking place this year, Wine Road of Northern Sonoma County will throw “A Ruby Affair” gala event on May 14, 2016 to celebrate this exciting milestone. The…
If you missed it, you missed it. What was “it”? “It” was the inaugural Masters of Taste held on April 3rd at the Rose Bowl. Actually, in the Rose Bowl – on the football field! For the first time for many like me who did not participate in college football, cheerleading or marching bands got…
The Sta. Rita Hills Wine Alliance presented Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and other cool climate varieties at the Wine House in Los Angeles this past week. Guests were told not to “…miss this opportunity to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones and see what is up in the Hills!” And, in my…
A Blind Tasting of Bordeaux and Napa Valley Today Charleston, S.C. (March 22, 2016) Napa Valleys Mira Winery announced today the panel of judges for the Judgment of Charleston, a blind tasting to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris. Taking place on May 24, 2016, 40 years after the tasting that…
