Polo Steakhouse: Carlsbad’s New Masterpiece
When West Steakhouse shuttered due to COVID-19, North County San Diego lost a premier restaurant and one of a few old school, windowless, classic steakhouses...
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Bubbles flowing at Vittorio’s sparkling wine dinner
Victor Magalhaes, owner of Vittorio’s Italian Trattoria in San Diego’s Highland Village, hosted a celebratory Champagne and sparking wine dinner to close out his 2022...
LJ Crafted Wines ditches the bottle to boost zero-waste efforts
Lowell Jooste was the perfect entrepreneur to start up LJ Crafted Wines, a winery that booted the bottle and adopted the growler concept borrowed from...
Taste of Wine’s Top 10 Wines of 2022
If I had one theme for the food and beverage industry for 2022, it would be “Returning to Normal.” And for Frank and me, “normal”...
Cordant Winery tasting at Beeside Balcony in Del Mar
When Alan Goldfarb, a wine journalist for several wine media magazines, including Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast, and a public relations consultant reached out to...
Prisoner wine dinner at Flora draws crowd
PWC’s Dave Phinney started his career as a temporary harvest intern at Robert Mondavi a few years before changing the industry....
Vittorio’s ‘A Night in Italy’; Napa’s Fiftyrow Vineyards
It was fitting for Victor Magalhaes, proprietor of Vittorio’s Italian Trattoria, to host a wine dinner titled “A Night in Italy” featuring wine and food...
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...
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....
