Taste of Wine
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 [...]
The Wine Trail of Don Quixote
Don Quixote is a character in a 17th century novel, a thin country gentleman who studies medieval stories full of knights, cavalry, jousting and castles. He believes he has been called upon to change the world and goes out to do battle in the name of his lady love who stands for perfection and purity [...]
A wine oasis in the desert
Odd place for a wine renaissance, but on closer examination, the Palm Desert, Palm Springs, La Quinta resort areas are blooming attractions for the wine crowd. An enormous amount of restaurants serve a growing population and increased visitor count, and guess what, the Palm Desert COSTCO has the 2nd largest wine department in the chain, [...]
