“You survived a morning in a vineyard, remember to keep your clippers on your side of the grape vine and nobody gets hurt! We had a great time. PS I drank your portion of wine. Thanks for leaving early.” Cathy, local winemaker. How did this happen you ask? Facebook and now real friend Mary live-chatted…
What a great class this is. I’m a history buff and little did I know, how much history is involved in this class. The class is taught by Paul Wagner. Paul is the principal of a marketing communications agency with a no-nonsense approach to combining the strategies and tactics of marketing, public relations, advertising and…
When we sit down with friends or family and pop the cork on that special bottle of wine we immediately capture the aromas of various fruits . As we pour that wine into a glass and swirl it, our noses begin to perceive other unique aromatics such as various fruits, mocha, wood, saddle, smoke, etc,…
INGREDIENTS 1 orange, sliced, for garnishIce cubes1 liter club soda, chilled1 orange, zested2 (750 milliliter) bottles dry red wine, chilled1/2 cup diet orange soda1 (12 ounce) can diet lemon-lime sodaDIRECTIONS Put the orange zest and orange slices in a pitcher, add wine and a few ice cubes and stir. Add the club soda, diet lemon-lime…
Eve’s Wine 101 blog is less than a year old. I started it as I had more to say about wine than my local newspaper could fit into my weekly column. Then I left the paper in February of this year. And that’s when the blogging really took over! What was a 1-3 times a…
When I am not drinking wine [and sometimes when I am], I really enjoy reading about it. Of course, I read a lot of information online, starting with Eve’s Wine 101, and I spend way too much time on the eRobertParker.com message boards. And, I read the usual publications about wine: Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast,…
Ahoy, there, mateys! There’s trouble a’brewin’ at the Canyon Theatre Guild’s Gala Fundraiser on Friday, October 2, 2009. Notice has been posted that this evening at Cut Throat Grotto will embrace the golden age of piracy. Invitations have been issued to all pirates, swashbucklers, and privateers from the seven seas to join the brethren of…
In Honor of Brasilian Independence Day, Cabana Cachaça Launches Campaign to Educate the Trade and Consumers on the Country’s National SpiritIn celebration of Brasilian Independence Day on September 7th, Cabana Cachaça will showcase its authentically Brasilian pride by spreading awareness of and educating Americans about cachaça. From September 7th – 14th, in the midst of…
Everybody has that special place, that place where the wine appreciation epiphany occurred. And, as a wine freak-a-nomic, I get asked where that took place for me. Dang, it wasn’t plucking up raisins at Boone’s Farm or flying with a Blue Nun. Thank my wine-giving-God. It was the Wine House in West L.A. over 20…