Taste of Wine

Family style winemakers gather at Del Mar Fairgrounds

So how’s the family? If it’s the Family Winemakers of California, they’re doing just fine thank you.

Grand tasting tour stops in San Diego

Since I first began my wine tasting journey as a journalist and creator of TASTE OF WINE the column, I have traveled round the wine world and tasted many wine countries. Paso Robles has always impressed me as a young, diverse, multi-faceted sense of place. And what a place it is!

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A bottle of wine at COSTCO for $2,399 — What’s going on?

During the holiday period, one of the sales days in the wine department of the COSTCO store in Carlsbad, north of San Diego, brought in $120,000, a huge number by any standards.

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Romance of Temecula wines

The stars are aligned for a banner year in Temecula Wine Country this year. My in-box is full of exciting developments for most of the 35-plus wineries that are anticipating an overwhelming public response to their ambitious programs of improvement offering more tastings, tours, dining, lodging and event activity.

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It’s OK getting stuck in Lodi

In my Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ days, I played everything I could get from

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Low calories, seasonal wines at the new Seasons 52

I’ve known for some time now that the most vital district in San Diego County is that business and residential area between University City and Del Mar. If you take a good look at a county map, it’s the geographical center of this vibrant part of Southern California.

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Rugged Oregon wine country is a bountiful land

I’ve never met a Pinot Noir I didn’t like that came from an Oregon winery. It is the American home for this complex yet smooth, velvety, delicate varietal. I have talked to many wine aficionados who either have gone though this magnificent state or who will be making plans to go in the next year, [...]

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