This event, the third through the Ventura County Winery Association for a weekend of tasting centered around Valentine’s Day, was a first for me. It began with a one hour drive to Camarillo and Oxnard. Armed only with a map, pen, pad and a blended mocha, I foraged to parts unknown to me…as a wine…
I read Nat MacLean’s Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass before a brief trip, via cruise ship, to her native Canada. Chapters like compiled columns – one was working a single night as a sommelier – and I was smitten with her unassuming, easily approachable, style. When her…
So The Wine Enthusiast Magazine comes out with it’s annual Top 100 Picks for 2011… and wouldn’t you know it – A few more missed opportunities from “Chef Mike” for Seek, Find, Buy, and Enjoy Wines that now may or MAY NOT be able to be obtained! Among a the 100 here are few that…
ROLL YOUR LEG OVER – CHEF MIKE IS “BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!” by Michael Fraschilla (A Postscript from Barbara Ringuette can be read in Part 2 on 12/1/11) As October 1 drew close I felt my nerves getting the best of me…. It had been years since I did the role of “Chef Mike”…….
VINE TALK is a wonderful TV show that you may not have heard of until now. So, please allow me to tell you what you’ve been missing. The show airs locally on KLCS at 5 PM on Saturdays. Vine Talk’s website [www.vinetalk.com] is also starting to run full episodes. Filmed in New York at Lincoln…
