The trifecta pays off in the world of wine
Trifecta is a thing of beauty in the horse tracks of America. You make a wager on three races, naming the race and the horse that will...
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Spending time with the author of ‘Sideways’
It was the first time I had seen a major wine festival inside an airport hanger. Leave it to the pinot noir wine makers to...
Banfi pours at the 3rd Corner, and will be a stop on Tuscany wine tour
The wine glasses were being toasted high and loud recently at the 3rd Corner Wine Shop & Bistro in Encinitas. Not only was there a...
Former farmer turns rare grain into special drink
Domenico Maurici is a huggable former southern Italian villager from Calabria Italy. As a young man, he and his brother worked the fields of his...
In the Skyroom with Georges de Latour
A hush fell over the assembled in the lofty, intimate confines of the Skyroom in the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla on this recent...
A wine man with a good plan
Every so often I am granted an interview with a winery owner and personality that I really look forward to unwrapping. Such was the opportunity to...
Try fizzy, sweet and sparkling wines
One of the missing links to my knowledge of wine has always been the array of before and after dinner champagnes, sparkling wines, ports and...
My list of top 10 wine tastings for 2010
After a long and winding road, visiting wineries, vineyards, wine shops, restaurants, resorts and wine events, at times I asked myself “Are we there yet?...
In a Riedel glass, wine is art
At the recent San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival, the premier wine glass company in the world, Riedel, with the eloquent Maximilian Riedel at...
In Monterey, great taste just goes with the territory
Romantic Monterey, a one-of-a-kind appellation, sweeps 90 miles down the coast from Cannery Row in the city, through Carmel by the Sea, Santa Cruz, Pebble...
Krupp Brothers came and conquered at Dolce
In a spirit of constant discovery, the full house at Dolce Pane E Vino in Rancho Santa Fe sipped, laughed and buzzed about the collection...
Discover Tesoro in Temecula
You might call them the new kids on the block but Buzz and Kimberly Olson grew up fast and now they are among the innovators...
Go ‘West’ for harvest of fresh food, fine wines
It was billed as Oktober West and the celebration was on to toast the harvest of the West Steak and Seafood Carlsbad Organic Farm. I was...
Wining and dining: the latest from Temecula Wine Country
A short time ago, I was cruising my way through a lifestyle expo in Del Mar when I noticed a strikingly attractive hardcover book at...
San Diego Bay warms up to the wine and food festival
The Thanksgiving holiday is nearly here, an opportune time to gather friends for food, wine and good times. The same can be said for another tradition...