San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival brings guests to ‘awesome’
The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival returned last month for an iconic coastal celebration of wine, food and culture. While each of the...
Frank Mangio and Rico Cassoni
Food, wine industries help Storybook Ball assist military families
United Through Reading uses books and stories to connect members of military families separated by military duty....
Butcher Shop christened with Daou wine dinner
Frank and I did a review a few months ago of The Butcher Shop that Sal Ercolano and business partner Gil Frank purchased in April....
Del Mar’s Beeside Balcony a phenomenal find
Chef Christophe Cevasco offers a winning combination of flavorful entrees, menu variety, wine selections, ambiance and a seasoned team....
Penfolds displays best of Australia, Napa Valley at Flora wine dinner
Flora Bar and Kitchen owner and restaurant maestro Sal Ercolano and John Parker, a Republic National wine sales representative, recently orchestrated an exquisite five-course Penfolds...
Vittorio’s spotlights Frank Family, Dry Creek wineries
As I entered the large banquet room at Vittorio’s in the Carmel Valley area of San Diego, seating well over 100 lovers of Frank Family...
Something for everyone at La Jolla Art+Wine Festival
From the title, La Jolla Art+Wine Festival, it is obvious that both art and wine would be present, but there was much more. In the...
Bluewater Grill celebrates National Seafood Month
It was fortuitous for Coronado’s Bluewater Grill to invite Taste of Wine for a review of its restaurant this past week since October is National...
Ferrari-Carano wines triumph again at Flora
Last year the elegance of Ferrari-Carano (FC) wines from Northern Sonoma were introduced to the growing number of wine dinner guests of Flora’s owner, “maestro”...
Taste of Wine’s 10 best discovery wines for second half of ’22
It’s that time of the year when Frank and I like to go over great wines that we discovered since our bi-annual Top 10s. For...
