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...
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Penfolds displays best of Australia, Napa Valley at Flora wine dinner
Flora Bar and Kitchen owner and restaurant maestro Sal Ercolano and John Parker, a Republic National wine sales representative, recently orchestrated an exquisite five-course Penfolds...
Something for everyone at La Jolla Art+Wine Festival
From the title, La Jolla Art+Wine Festival, it is obvious that both art and wine would be present, but there was much more. In the...
Mangia e Bevi dinner showcases Wagner Family Wines
When I first came up with the title of this column, I hesitated with putting “Wagner Family Wines” in lieu of “Caymus Vineyards” to recap...
Ten tasty wine picks to enjoy the first half of ’22
Wine picks: Rico and I scrambled to keep up with the rush of new wines and wine events that sprang to life in the last...
Daou Family Estates present and future
This column starts Taste of Wine’s three-part series on its recent press tour of Paso Robles. We were able to enjoy seven wineries and start...
Enophiles descend on Carlsbad’s Park Hyatt Aviara for California Wine Festival
Carlsbad, the beautiful coastal headquarters for Taste of Wine, finally had its own beachside California Wine Festival this past weekend at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort....
A brief look around the world of wine
The world of wine is breaking down new barriers and charging into the summer with new wines, wineries, wine shops and special events like never...
Monserate: Fallbrook’s new destination winery
Jade Work, owner of Monserate Winery in Fallbrook, grew up in the Gird Valley area playing golf at the Fallbrook Golf Course dotted with 100-year-old...
‘Unshackled’ at Vittorio’s Prisoner wine dinner
One of the challenges with writing a column is finding a catchy title. At least for me, once the title is in order, the rest...
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...
San Diego Bay wine festival delivers promise to arrive at awesome
The San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival is not just any wine and food festival. In 2019, USA Today named the four-day event the...
Taste of Wine: Merlot’s off life support…#MerlotMe!
Merlot’s free at last from the clutches of an outrageous, abusive movie entitled “Sideways” that some 14 years ago, disparaged merlot as nothing more than...
Taste of Wine: Top 10 wines coming to a wine shop near you
Wine lovers are coming out of the closet in droves and saluting a strong year of wine and dine joy. Rico and I have again...
Taste of Wine: Let the party begin at Cass Winery
The most dynamic duo I know of in the winemaking business is Ted Plemons and Steve Cass, of Cass Vineyard and Winery in Paso Robles....
