On Thursday, March 5, 2015, nearly 1,600 Los Angeles food lovers and Planned Parenthood Los Angeles (PPLA) supporters flocked to Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar for one of the most highly anticipated gastronomic events of the year: Food Fare. Celebrating its 36th year, Food Fare delivered an outstanding variety of food and drink samples from over…
It is rare to go to a major tasting event and have one winery, one family’s story about how they came to make their wines and why they make what they do, stand out long after actually tasting their wines. As tasting events go, the Garagiste Festival in Paso Robles is simply fun. Smallish, intimate…
Los Angeles, CA – Simply Wine Fest is offering its second annual gala at CBS Studios in Studio City. A ticket will do more than give access to a sampling of over 40 wines, many tequilas and beers, and a countless assortment of creative food dishes; a portion of proceeds will benefit Safe Passage Lives—a charity…
Before the event (Wine 101 Moves Up: Leccio Gold Award-Winning Valentino Restaurant Paired with 2010 Brunello di Montalcino, Part One, 2/27/15) I received a 12-page press packet to familiarize myself with the Consortium: the history, the wine and the people. Among other things I learned: The Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino was created in…
A wonderful dinner was interrupted by the sound of a blaring horn. Not what I was expecting at the famed Italian restaurant Valentino, and I was afraid someone had set off a fire alarm. I heard laughter from another other room, the horn went off again, and lo and behold it seemed that Bacchus himself…
MESP is proud to announce its latest national racing series: The Chardonnay Run. Race The Taste – that the motto at the newest national series that MESP launched in 2015. The Chardonnay Run is a national 5K wine racing series! We focus on serving up fun – not to mention wine and cheese –…
Tim Skogstrom runs Cornell Winery and Tasting Room, along with The Old Place restaurant up on Mulholland Highway. While Cornell Winery doesn’t make wine any more, the tasting room serves to showcase many of the wineries that are producing wines in the surrounding area. I highly recommend you pay it a visit. Recently, I received…
Peter Cham Departs West Bridge in Cambridge and Begins the Year as Chef de Cuisine of Lentz’s Central Coast Location WHO: Chef/Owner David Lentz, The Hungry Cat Hollywood, The Hungry Cat Santa Monica Canyon and The Hungry Cat Santa Barbara and Chef de Cuisine Peter Cham, The Hungry Cat Santa Barbara WHAT: Chef David Lentz…
Piero Selvaggio, Proprietor of VALENTINO Santa Monica, Chef Luciano Pellegrini and the Consortium of the Brunello of Montalcino Wine On Friday, February 20, 2015, Piero Selvaggio and the Consortium of the Brunello of Montalcino Wine celebrates the only “Leccio d’Oro” Gala Dinner on the west coast. As one of 30 restaurants worldwide, VALENTINO will host…
Saturday, January 31st 2-5pm at The Museum of Flying at Santa Monica Airport, 3100 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405 The Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGC) is visiting Los Angeles to promote the excellent soon-to-be-released 2012 vintage. The Union is an affiliation of the best Bordeaux producers from all of the major Bordeaux…
