ColumnsFood & WineTaste of WinePremier Daou wine dinner at Flora Bar & KitchenFrank Mangio and Rico CassoniFebruary 20, 2023 February 20, 20230235 Sal Ercolano, the owner of Flora Bar and Kitchen, hosted a premier Daou Wine Dinner earlier this month. Why “premier?” Ercolano pulled out all the...
ColumnsFood & WineTaste of WineVittorio’s spirited Champagne and sparkling wine dinnerFrank Mangio and Rico CassoniJanuary 17, 2022January 17, 2022 January 17, 2022January 17, 20220374 This was the year for holiday Champagne dinners. And why not? As the restaurant industry has been especially hard hit by the pandemic, I suspect...
ColumnsFood & WineTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Daou launches 2018 Soul of a Lion at West Hollywood partyFrank MangioSeptember 6, 2021September 7, 2021 September 6, 2021September 7, 20210376 This iconic wine has put Paso Robles Wine Country on the world map and competes head-to-head with Napa Valley blue chip wines....
ColumnsFood & WineTaste of WineTaste of Wine: North County Wine Company celebrates 11 yearsFrank MangioAugust 9, 2021August 9, 2021 August 9, 2021August 9, 20210287 Senior Editor Frank Mangio and I were on-site to celebrate the 11th anniversary of one of the region’s premier wine shops — North County Wine...
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: DAOU’s Patrimony Estate dream team is bornFrank MangioFebruary 8, 2021February 9, 2021 February 8, 2021February 9, 202102050 Lead winemaker Daniel Daou adds to family legacy with a California “first growth” Bordeaux-style Cabernet Sauvignon....
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: One night, two legends — Morton’s and DAOUFrank MangioNovember 9, 2020 November 9, 202001335 We were instantly salivating when we saw the “A Taste of Two Legends” Morton’s The Steakhouse DAOU Wine Dinner announced....
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Rock royalty makes a splash with French RoséFrank MangioAugust 31, 2020 August 31, 202001662 The latest international celebrity to join the Rosé sweepstakes is the king of ’80s rock, Jon Bon Jovi....
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Here and there in the world of wine & foodFrank MangioAugust 17, 2020 August 17, 20200659 Dine Diego will take the place of San Diego Restaurant Week, an annual iconic event for value dining up and down the county for close...
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Daniel Daou dazzles at Il Fornaio Wine DinnerFrank MangioDecember 17, 2019 December 17, 201902811 For Daniel, winemaking is a labor of love fusing art and science....
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Cabs & Zins dominate in Paso Robles – Part 2Frank MangioJuly 23, 2019 July 23, 201901004 After an over eight-year search, some 13 years ago Daniel and Georges Daou planted their first Cabernet Sauvignon vines on what would become DAOU Mountain...