By Susan Montgomery It was a dark and stormy Saturday. The rain was cold and steady, with only intermittent breaks. Temperatures hovered in the mid 40s. But we still persevered as we pulled onto Highway 79 and headed east toward Warner Springs. We weren’t going to miss our much-anticipated outing to experience Taste of the [...]
Tasting wine is one of the things we do and just last week I called a meeting of my trusted companions at The Wine Company in Temecula and that’s precisely what we did. We tackled six wines one fine afternoon, starting in Oregon and working our way through Italy, Australia, France and California before finally [...]
Much to my surprise, Jeri and Dawn decided they had to show their Midwest stuff and ride the bull. (Could this decision have been colored by a day of wine drinking?)
Just about an hour’s drive form the Temecula Valley lies Idyllwild. Nestled in the pines, it’s a quiet, funky, vibrant, eclectic and artsy community. On October 8th, the Art Alliance of Idyllwild hosted the 14th annual Idyllwild Art Walk & Wine Tasting. More than two dozen wineries from Temecula, San Diego County and other wine [...]
He got into the wine business because “insanity runs in my family. The wine business is one of those things that will push you to drink.” But being a little crazy helps, he believes.
“I take great pride in making wine that sells in the single digits or low to mid teens that people like. I want people to drink wine. I don’t want it to be a secret club where you need to know a certain handshake to get in.”
Phil likes making a wine that he will enjoying drinking, and thinks that winemakers who cater to their clientele do them a disservice. A good gauge of how well he is making wine is that he drinks a lot more of his own wine now than he used to.
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