New Moon Valencia Honors Us All
Last week when our local fires claimed the lives of two LA County Firefighters, Capt. Tedmund “Ted” Hall, 47 and Firefighter Specialist, Arnaldo “Arnie” Quinones, 34 several people, local and distant, felt incredible remorse for both their brothers and sisters still fighting this blaze and their real families at home fighting their inconsolable loss. People…
20th Anniversary Cambria Trip with JohnDickey(JD) by Denise Lowe
Monday, August 31st, 2009. Got up bright and early, finished packing, ran a few last minute errands, and got on the 101 at 9 a.m. Traffic was a little slow until we got past the 170, and then everything opened right up and we hit a good cruising speed up the coast. It was already…
Getting Ready for Their Wine Affair on 9-27-09, The Soroptimist do some training!
Soroptimist Greater Santa Clarita Hi Eve, I am Darlene Gandara – My husband Robert took the photos. Don’t think our members or Robert will mind if you run in your blog. We worked with the Hyatt and Chamber of Commerce to be volunteers at the Jazz Festival. (Find out more about The Wine Affair by…
The Real Helm of Winemaking: Eve worked a Harvest!
“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…
A Wine Student’s Report from Napa Valley College: Cultural Appreciation of Wine
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…
Rusty’s Wine 102: Wine Chemistry
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,…
Recipe: Red Wine Sangria from South Beach Diet
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…