Yountville, Calif. – New for 2017, Yountville Chamber of Commerce has retained the creatives behind the wildly successful Yountville Live (and Live in the Vineyard) to produce its highly anticipated annual wine and food festival – Taste of Yountville. This annual walkabout tasting festival features renowned food and wines that make Yountville a world-class destination…
Verona, Italy – The VIA Certification Course, conducted by Ian D’Agata, Scientific Director of VIA, represents a one and only opportunity for wine professionals to gain extensive knowledge on the vast subject of Italian grape varieties and wines. Currently, no International certification program offers this kind of comprehensive study of Italian wines. Understandably so, as…
Last week I gave you information about the seminar at the latest Garagiste Festival as well as the list of wineries pouring. I couldn’t taste everything, but of the wines I tasted, these were the standouts for me: Alta Colina Vineyards – Rhones from this Paso producer continue to impress. Especially liked the 2012 Grenache…
I’ve been waiting a long time for this. Hospice du Rhone, an event focusing on producers of Rhone varietals from all over the world, had been a fixture in Paso Robles for 15 years before moving to Tennessee in 2012. My recollection [vague as it may be] is that the event had its origins in…
For a recent wine tasting I was tasked with finding a wine made from the Semillon grape to share with a dozen or more other people, with the same task. I did an Google search to see what was new that I could come up with. I was interested in trying Stickybeak as another Facebook…
The Balletto Family story is a true wine country farming story. Even as they segued from vegetables to grapes, the Ballettos continued to be farmers and were named 2010 Sonoma County Farmers of the Year. And, as you visit their stunning production facility and tasting room, you would never dream that this began as a…
This week Beaconeers get a glimpse inside Santa Clarita’s only winery tasting room and hear about their upcoming first wine pairing dinner. Downtown Newhall is the home of Pulchella Winery, run by two local couples with grapes from Paso Robles. And, on June 23 at Salt Creek Grille (reminder: this post is from 2011), will…
UC Davis plant scientists have identified an enzyme that appears to play a key role in the insect-transmitted bacterial infection of grapevines with Pierce’s disease, which annually costs California’s grape and wine industries more than $100 million. The researchers hope that the discovery, which runs counter to existing theories, will lead to new diagnostics and…
Fourth annual wine festival features over 50 hard-to-find, cutting-edge, micro-production wineries from Santa Barbara County, and around California; returns to Solvang Veterans’ Hall February 13th – 14th; tickets on sale now. Paso Robles, CA – Garagiste Events announced that its 2016 Southern Exposure Garagiste Wine Festival will take place on Valentine’s Day weekend February 13th…
Dynamic VIP seminar line-up includes Puckette’s “Exploring the Aroma Wheel” plus “Techniques of the Garagiste: The Secrets of Stems,” with winemakers Ryan Pease of Paix Sur Terre, Mikael Sigouin of Kaena Wine Company and festival co-founder Stewart McLennan Paso Robles, CA – The Garagiste Wine Festival today announced that Madeline Puckette, wine expert and co-founder of the award-winning…
