(Paso Robles) – The national Rhone Rangers will host the 17th “Rhone Rangers Experience” on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Paso Robles, CA. A full day is planned during the annual event, including a “Rhone Essentials” seminar, Vintners’ Luncheon, Grand Tasting, and a Silent Auction benefitting the Rhone Rangers educational endeavors. Rhone Rangers from throughout…
The curving drive through the woods on Peachy Canyon Drive only heightens the anticipation of arriving at the gates that provide entry to Law Estate Wines and the experience it and the winery staff provide. But it wasn’t always this way. Our first taste of Law Estate was when they were pouring their first vintage…
When I started writing this series of articles about the lighter wines Karen and I have been drinking recently, I hadn’t really thought that so many of them would be from Paso Robles. After all, Paso’s reputation [at least in my mind] is for big delicious Reds, and there certainly are a lot of those…
We’ve run news from Ventura’s Four Brix Winery over the years (Baubles party, announcing the opening of the winery and different events I was able to snag a brief tasting at.) But it‘s been since May 2010 that I’ve sat down to taste and review their wines. Via my pal Cori Solomon of #LAWineWriters a…
For most of my wine drinking life I’ve espoused the belief that my favorite wine experiences are one-on-one situations with the winemaker, often of a fairly low-budget operation sharing his or her creations with me, sometimes while standing at opposite ends of a barrel or out in a vineyard. I’ve tended to avoid the high…
I expected a nice dinner, fun company and good wine, which I got, but at the HMNMH Foundation fundraiser I also had some interesting one-on-one time with Ojai Vineyard’s assistant winemaker Fabien Castel. But first we must start with some hand passed appetizers – marinated tuna and red potatoes – paired with a bright and…
(OJAI, Calif.) — For 30 years, the Ojai Wine Festival has served as the primary non-profit fundraising effort of the Rotary Club of Ojai-West and its numerous philanthropic endeavors that serve to preserve the distinct events and qualities that make Ojai unique. This year, the 30th Annual Ojai Wine Festival will be taking place Sunday,…
What makes a good wine festival? A great selection of wine, of course, but also a great location. And what turns a good festival into a great one? Great organization to keep things running smoothly. For the second day of our Southern California wine-soaked weekend, my wife Karen and I recently attended the 29th Annual…
The middle of June 2015 was truly a wine-soaked weekend in the Los Angeles area, with Wine in the Pines on Saturday, June 13th at Pine Mountain Club followed on Sunday, June 14th by the Ojai Wine Festival. First – Wine In The Pines The annual Wines In The Pines festival was started in 2003…
Ojai, CA – The twenty-ninth annual Ojai Wine Festival will take place Sunday, June 14, 2015 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm on the scenic shores of Lake Casitas. From its humble beginnings in 1987 the event has grown into a leading regional event attracting nearly 5000 people from throughout the Central Coast and Southern California….
