ColumnsFood & WineTaste of WinePremier Daou wine dinner at Flora Bar & KitchenFrank Mangio and Rico CassoniFebruary 20, 2023 February 20, 20230482 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...
ColumnsTaste of WinePrisoner wine dinner at Flora draws crowdFrank Mangio and Rico CassoniDecember 27, 2022December 28, 2022 December 27, 2022December 28, 20220255 PWC’s Dave Phinney started his career as a temporary harvest intern at Robert Mondavi a few years before changing the industry....
ColumnsFood & WineTaste of WineVittorio’s spirited Champagne and sparkling wine dinnerFrank Mangio and Rico CassoniJanuary 17, 2022January 17, 2022 January 17, 2022January 17, 20220515 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: Napa Valley’s iconic Caymus at Flora Kitchen & BarFrank MangioOctober 25, 2021October 25, 2021 October 25, 2021October 25, 202102163 When Sal Ercolano, proprietor of Flora Bar & Kitchen, shared his 2021 Wine Dinner schedule with Taste of Wine & Food, we immediately put a...
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: A Valle de Guadalupe Wine Dinner trio at Flora Bar & KitchenFrank MangioJuly 26, 2021July 26, 2021 July 26, 2021July 26, 20210575 The dinner featured three of the top owners and winemakers from that region....
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Our Restaurateur of the Year is Sal ErcolanoFrank MangioJanuary 18, 2021 January 18, 202101750 Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Sal Ercolano has kept his promise to serve his customers as his special guests and his employees as family....
ColumnsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Cakebread Wine Dinners sell out at SeasaltFrank MangioOctober 26, 2020October 27, 2020 October 26, 2020October 27, 202001552 Like many wineries and vineyards, Cakebread Cellars has a unique story that guests were able to learn about over dinner....