Yes, church camp allows wine – from wine made by a congregant’s nephew, to members that love the selection at World Market, in a disposable box sent to me for review and even one gifted to me by my favorite Lil Bastard – a nice way to get to know each other better in the…
It’s that time of year again peeps, Halloween decorations are up and holiday shopping has begun. I’m here to tell you the best way to shop – while drinking! It begins with a beautiful venue, about a dozen pages of wines to sample that all can later be ordered at discounted prices. And, to make…
Jeff Leve, Bordeaux Writer and Facebook friend, sent me an e-mail recently that simply read, “Hi Eve, If you ever have a Bordeaux class or a Rhone class, I’d be willing to speak at either. Let me know. Thanks, Jeff Leve” And that was all it took to send me, and our Grape of the…
Once again Grape Of The Night (GOTN) met, divided and conquered a fantastic wine varietal known as Cabernet Franc. I apologize for requesting a wine varietal that was close to nonexistent in our Valley. I was unaware of this and want to thank all of you who raided their cellars to leave a few bottles…
I had a great surprise one recent Sunday while enjoying a BBQ bratwurst during one of Valencia Wine Company’s events: Doug Gould, a favorite wine aficionado/entrepreneur came in as well to share a meal, and his own private label of his newly launched “Short lil Bastard”. I learned that Short lil Bastard wine, a Bordeaux…
I bought this wine five years ago, as a 20th wedding anniversary gift to us, but EDDIE TALKED ME INTO CELLARING IT. Why do we do that? I could write a whole column on some of the cellars I’ve seen that have just too darn much wine that I’m sure TASTED GREAT WHEN THEY BOUGHT…
It was Saturday afternoon, and we were wrapping up our visit to Paso Robles. The previous day, we had spent much of the afternoon with Neil Roberts of Clavo Cellars, tasting through the wines he had in barrel. It was now time for our last stop of the weekend, visiting the Clavo tasting room…
Phylloxera – Want to sound smart? Throw out this tidbit I stole from class: The grape Phylloxera/aphid/louse succinctly took out all of France’s wine growing when they used our vine cuttings there in the 1850s. Our little bug, that our vines were resistant too, ate their way through French vines. They had to either rip…
Part 1: Old world 09 Domaine de la Quilla, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie – Loire Valley, France Color – clear, pale yellow. Aroma – grapefruit, lemon, hints of honeydew. Taste – high acid, lemon, stainless steel, green apples, nice viscosity. Finish – mid length. Conclusion – DiMaggio suggested a pairing of cold seafood salad. …
It was Saturday morning. The Turley party was scheduled to start at 11:00 AM, but once again it was 10:00 and I was thirsty. Fortunately, Castoro Cellars opens at 10:00 and it was right down the road. As I mentioned in the article that began this series, Castoro was the first winery we ever visited…
