And the best way to discover which wines pair with which foods is, again, to taste a lot of foods with that wine!
What are you in the mood for this Valentine’s Day?
If you are in the mood for beautiful weather (70s and 80s) and gorgeous sunsets at the beach this Valentine’s Day with a generous helping of great wine and good food, then you should head to Ventura County for the Valentine n Wine 5 day event starting tomorrow Th. Feb. 12, continuing Friday the 13th, Valentine’s Day, Sunday, and all the way to President’s Day, February 16th.
In addition to tasting at 11 area wineries plus several more wineries at the Custom Crush facility in Camarillo, with your passport you’ll experience: Continue reading
I Want A TROUBLEMAKER For A Lover…
“I want a trouble-maker for a lover:
Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame,
Who quarrels with the sky, and fights with fate,
Who burns like fire on the rushing sea.”

#862: From Rumi’s Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988) from the website The Iranian
Last week I participated in a wine tasting where we had the opportunity to chat live on Twitter with winemaker Austin Hope of @HopeFamilyWines from California’s Central Coast and makers of Treana, Liberty School, Austin Hope, Candor, and Troublemaker wines.
As part of a promotion for the Boston Wine Expo which celebrates wine, food, and culture from the greatest wine-growing regions of the world February 14-15, 2015 at the Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA. I was sent three wines for this tasting. Here are our thoughts on the B7 nad B8 TROUBLEMAKER.
Trouble Maker B7 Continue reading
The Duck Has Landed!
Usually it’s wine that arrives for twitter tastings.
But this time it was DUCK!
Because when I was invited to participate in a twitter tasting for DUCK #BWEChat #discoverduck I said HECK YEAH! Continue reading
Mezzacorona Wine Takes You to the Alps!
Today January 31, 2015 is the final day to enter Mezzacorona Wine’s trip to the Dolomites so it seemed the perfect day to write about their wines and to encourage you to enter via this link. http://woobox.com/8ognsr/dgfbi0
Plus, after Tuesday’s Slow Wine Continue reading
Help With Bottling at Cantara Cellars Jan 31
If you’re not attending ZAP this weekend in SF, and if you’ve ever wondered how wine gets into the bottle, or if you’ve ever wanted to be involved in bottling wine or experience the workings of a winery, tomorrow is your chance Continue reading
Slow Down for Slow Wine in LA, SF, NYC
The Slow Wine is coming! The Slow Wine is coming! Continue reading




