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">Catch The Spirit – Cooking With California Wine
I’ve had to good fortune to be part of the audience for three tapings of an upcoming TV show called “Catch The Spirit – Cooking With California Wine”. Chef Cody James and wife Linda have visited several Temecula Valley wineries, including Oak Mountain, Keyways and Cougar. The show is set to premier this Saturday, September [...]
It’s what every winemaker dreams of – first crush. It means harvest has begun and another season of making wine begins. I was at Thornton Winery this morning for their first crush of the season. Winemaker Don Reha raised a champagne toast as the first Pinot Noir grapes tumbled into the press to begin their [...]
">Temecula Valley Wine Tasting – Three Hits And A Miss
Laura and I spent Saturday afternoon doing what we love best – visiting wineries and tasting wine. Our friend Trasier Schuyler from Taste of Temecula was pouring at Gershon Bachus Vintners, so we decided to pay him a visit. We had met owners Ken and Christina on our first visit last year and we remembered [...]
“Catch The Spirit – Cooking With California Wine” will debut on Cox 4 September 5th. The crew has been taping episodes at Temecula Valley wineries the past few weeks and I caught up with them on Friday at Keyways. Friday’s undertaking was an ambitious one: they decided to tape two episodes. The day didn’t unfold [...]
I’ve been looking forward to Wednesday afternoons lately. That’s when regularly scheduled meeting of “The Counter Club” convenes at The Wine Company. Owner Dan Atwood thought it would be a good idea for some of his regular customers to come in and taste a few wines from a different rep each week. It’s a nice [...]
It’s been a hectic (in a good way) week. I figured that rather than try to post several different articles, I would give you some of the week’s highlights. Last Sunday, Laura and I hopped into the new WINEormous-mobile (2010 Toyota Sienna) and headed to Santa Monica for the Rhone Rangers tasting event. Forty wineries [...]
The wines are quite good, but it’s the whole package that makes Hacienda de las Rosas special. Tammy says they don’t sell wine (they do), but they sell stories and the experience.
