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...
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Taste of Wine’s Top 10 wines of 2021
A parade of wines for our annual “Top 10 Wines” list is positioned around my computer on Christmas eve. These wines have made the cut...
Taste of Wine: Vittorio’s salutes South American wines
The corks were popping several weeks ago at Vittorio’s Italian Trattoria in Carmel Valley, from such South American wine meccas as Mendoza, Argentina, Casablanca, Chile...
Taste of Wine: Top 10 best winning wines for 2020
In our previous column, we unveiled the World’s Top Ten wines from Wine Spectator. Six countries were represented, the result of a blind tasting of...
Taste of Wine: For tapas & old world wines, it’s Cesar in the Ranch
It took me a while to figure out tapas, the Spanish small plate Euro-style cuisine that artfully places fresh fish, meat and poultry in with...
Taste of Wine: On the road again: Tasting Northwest wines
My all-time favorite County music singer is Willie Nelson, especially when he sings, “On the road again, just can’t wait to get on the road...
Taste of Wine: South Coast Winery named state’s Winery of the Year again
For those of us who have been writing on wine in Southern California, watching, visiting and knowing that some day Temecula Wine Country would show...
Taste of Wine: Rhonies find another favorite in Gerard Bertrand
If you want to call me a Rhonie, I guess I’m guilty as charged. In case you just dropped in from Mars, the Rhone Valley...
Taste of Wine: There’s wine in them there Texas hills
Before we get to my journey into the wine country of “Planet” Texas, allow me the indulgence of a goodbye salute to Florence Boggs...
Taste of Wine: France vs. California — again at RELM
RELM is a Carlsbad Village focal point for inquiring minds that are thirsty for the latest in wine and beer, in a bistro setting....
Taste of Wine: In Italy the wines are everywhere
Italians have a nice little saying that would be good to earmark in your search for a fulfilling life of good wine and good friends:...
Kerr focused, ready for Kia Classic
As one of the most decorated......
Taste of Wine: Gelson’s Markets open with ‘top shelf’ wines
The subject has been kicked around like an old can ever since I started writing on wine....
Summertime is wine time
It’s as if someone blew a whistle and the Fourth of July — the ultimate backyard party holiday — came and went....
Miles of aisles on the Superhighway of Wine
I may need a few household things, but when I am finished at the COSTCO in Carlsbad, I have my few things PLUS nearly a...