Taste of Wine and Food names Sal Ercolano ‘Restaurateur of the Year’
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Daou Vineyard’s flagship wine dinner at Del Mar’s West End
When guests walked into Sal Ercolano’s West End with sweeping panoramic views of Del Mar’s wetlands and coast, they also had another view. This second...
Caymus comes to The Butcher Shop for wine dinner series
When I saw Caymus-Wagner Family Wines on Sal Ercolano’s 2023 Wine Series at The Butcher Shop, I immediately put it on my schedule as a...
Premier Daou wine dinner at Flora Bar & Kitchen
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...
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....
Ercolano adds The Butcher Shop to restaurant portfolio
When Taste of Wine & Food named Sal Ercolano as our 2020 Restaurateur, Sal Ercolano’s fearlessness was one of the deciding factors. In fall 2020,...
Sal Ercolano wraps ’21 in style with Schramsberg, J Davies wine dinner
Taste of Wine and Food’s 2020 Restaurateur of the Year, Sal Ercolano, proprietor of Carmel Valley’s Flora Bar and Kitchen and Del Mar’s West End...
Taste of Wine: Napa Valley’s iconic Caymus at Flora Kitchen & Bar
When Sal Ercolano, proprietor of Flora Bar & Kitchen, shared his 2021 Wine Dinner schedule with Taste of Wine & Food, we immediately put a...
Taste of Wine: Stag’s Leap winemaker dinner sizzles at Flora
One of my favorite aspects of wine is the rich history of the wine world. Another favorite is winemaker dinners. Both came together this past...
Taste of Wine: Catena Zapata takes you higher
When one thinks of malbec, hopefully, they are thinking of fruit grown high in the mountains of Mendoza, Argentina. Mendoza is the malbec capital of...
Taste of Wine: Our Restaurateur of the Year is Sal Ercolano
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Sal Ercolano has kept his promise to serve his customers as his special guests and his employees as family....
Taste of Wine: Back with a bang
When restaurants opened back up for dining in, we suspected that Sal Ercolano, owner of both Seasalt Seafood Bistro and West End Bar & Kitchen...
Taste of Wine: Parc Brasserie, Banfi Wines and a local favorite
Above: John Parker, spokesman for Caymus Wines of Napa Valley (left) is shown with the impresario of the new West End Bar & Kitchen in...
Taste of Wine: Markham Merlot sails on at Seasalt
Sal Ercolano is the owner at Seasalt and now West End in the next block on Carmel Valley Rd. in Del Mar....
Caymus comes to Seasalt for historic wine dinner
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...