Author Archive for Frank Mangio
West Restaurants reach out with Toys for Tots
My favorite time of the year is within reach, when the food and wine community reaches out and sets the table with special occasion dinner and wine parties and giving programs for the needy.
The Harvest of the Decade
In 2010 and 2011, the struggles of wineries up and down the state resonated in all corners of the industry.
Paving new ground on the Ramona Wine Trail
I’m a long-time member of a worldwide organization dedicated to preserving the culture and life-style of Italy, and attend meetings and events at the North San Diego County Lodge of the Sons of Italy.
Taste the harvest in Temecula wine country
We are just days away from the 22nd annual Harvest Celebration in Temecula Wine Country, a two day event Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival on the way
The excitement is building. The 9th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, five days of the celebration of the joy of food and wine, will be with us soon. A small army of chefs and wine makers will flood San Diego with unforgettable tasting. 200 wineries pouring over 1,000 different wines, breweries, spirits [...]
Wine and dine with the beauty of nature on the CUSP
The economic news for San Diego and its sister cities in the county is finally pointing up, away from the chill of the deepest recession since the great one way back when.
Harvest On Howell Mountain brings good things
In our last report on Napa Valley wines, most wineries were happy to see the progress of the fruit as it experienced “Veraison,” the changing of the leaves and grapes to a rich color, signaling the onset of harvest.
Chandler’s offers a new view of Pacific
If you needed a new reason to sit and soak in the magnificent Pacific Ocean, you have one in the breathtaking surroundings at Chandler’s, the new restaurant and lounge inside the equally beautiful new Hilton Carlsbad Oceanfront Resort & Spa.
The Napa Valley experience
Not so long ago, the revered winemaker who would come to personify the greatness of Napa Valley wines, Robert Mondavi, was quoted as saying that wine is “poetry in a bottle.”I would add that Napa Valley wines can be described with the same spirited reverential experience. Its 400 wineries fit in a pastoral roadmap [...]
Unlocking the flavor of viognier
It is safe to say that you can walk into a room full of wine aficionados that love to talk up their favorite wines and ask the first person you come across to say something nice about viognier (VEE-ohn-yay). They will look at you funny and offer you a chardonnay.Those of you who have been [...]
