Columns Food & Wine Taste of WineVittorio’s spirited Champagne and sparkling wine dinnerFrank Mangio and Rico CassoniJanuary 17, 2022January 17, 2022 January 17, 2022January 17, 20220284 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
Columns Food & Wine Taste of WineTaste of Wine: Daou launches 2018 Soul of a Lion at West Hollywood partyFrank MangioSeptember 6, 2021September 7, 2021 September 6, 2021September 7, 20210292 This iconic wine has put Paso Robles Wine Country on the world map and competes head-to-head with Napa Valley blue chip wines.
Columns Food & Wine Taste of WineTaste of Wine: North County Wine Company celebrates 11 yearsFrank MangioAugust 9, 2021August 9, 2021 August 9, 2021August 9, 20210201 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
Columns Taste of WineTaste of Wine: DAOU’s Patrimony Estate dream team is bornFrank MangioFebruary 8, 2021February 9, 2021 February 8, 2021February 9, 202101587 Lead winemaker Daniel Daou adds to family legacy with a California “first growth” Bordeaux-style Cabernet Sauvignon.
Columns Taste of WineTaste of Wine: One night, two legends — Morton’s and DAOUFrank MangioNovember 9, 2020 November 9, 202001198 We were instantly salivating when we saw the “A Taste of Two Legends” Morton’s The Steakhouse DAOU Wine Dinner announced.
Columns Taste of WineTaste of Wine: Rock royalty makes a splash with French RoséFrank MangioAugust 31, 2020 August 31, 202001420 The latest international celebrity to join the Rosé sweepstakes is the king of ’80s rock, Jon Bon Jovi.
Columns Taste of WineTaste of Wine: Here and there in the world of wine & foodFrank MangioAugust 17, 2020 August 17, 20200609 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
Columns Taste of WineTaste of Wine: Daniel Daou dazzles at Il Fornaio Wine DinnerFrank MangioDecember 17, 2019 December 17, 201902758 For Daniel, winemaking is a labor of love fusing art and science.
Columns Taste of WineTaste of Wine: Cabs & Zins dominate in Paso Robles – Part 2Frank MangioJuly 23, 2019 July 23, 20190973 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
Columns Taste of WineCaymus comes to Seasalt for historic wine dinnerFrank MangioOctober 29, 2018 October 29, 201801587 You can’t get any better California wine than the historic brands at Caymus Vineyards in Napa Valley. It’s better known in winery circles as the