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Home » November 23rd, 2009 Entries posted on “November, 2009”

">We Are Thankful For Good Food & Wine

Since women are responsible for over 50% of wine purchased, Mrs. WINEormous decided to check out some food and wine options for Thanksgiving. Since Executive Chef Steve Pickell of Cafe Champagne at Thornton Winery has been creating delicious Thanksgiving menus there since 1993, we decided to join him, Thornton’s winemaker, Don Reha and Temecula public [...]

November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Wine & Food,Wineries | Read More »

">The Road Trip Continues In Paso Robles (part 2 of 3)

After two wonderful days in the Santa Ynez Valley, we found ourselves back in one of our very favorite spots… Paso Robles. It’s beginning to feel like a home away from home. I’ve said before we always discover one or two amazing places we haven’t visited before and we added two to the list on [...]

November 19th, 2009 | Posted in Wine Country trips,Wineries | Read More »

">A Sideways Road Trip (part 1 of 3)

It can easily be argued that Sideways changed the wine industry. I can tell you for a fact it’s changed visiting the Santa Ynez Valley. We began our road trip heading North through Santa Barbara. Our ultimate destination was the Napa Valley. We almost didn’t make it as far as Santa Barbara. Laura and I [...]

November 17th, 2009 | Posted in Wine & Food,Wine Country trips | Read More »

">Harvest Celebration In Temecula Valley!

For the most part I’m going to let the pictures do the talking. This past Saturday and Sunday, 25 Temecula Valley wineries opened their doors for guests to taste from the barrels and enjoy a bite or two of food. I was pleased to see folks like Bill Wilson from Wilson Creek (literally running trays [...]

November 11th, 2009 | Posted in Wine & Food,Wineries | Read More »

">Paso Robles – Harvest Festival Weekend 2009

Every time we visit Paso Robles, we discover at least one new treasure. This past visit was no exception. Carmody McKnight was one of the first wineries we stopped at on our first visit to Paso last year. We have developed a nice friendship with winemaker Greg Cropper, and when we read they we doing [...]

November 5th, 2009 | Posted in Wine Country trips,Wineries | Read More »

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