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Women’s Wine Council – In My Happy Place With Chocolais avatar

">Women’s Wine Council – In My Happy Place With Chocolais
Women’s Wine Council – In My Happy Place With Chocolais avatar
choclais

They want to see “How Rich Can You Get?” Break out the boas; I’m in if you are!

October 4th, 2011 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Wine Tasting Events | Read More »

Women’s Wine Council – Oh, Bordeaux! avatar

">Women’s Wine Council – Oh, Bordeaux!
Women’s Wine Council – Oh, Bordeaux! avatar
Bordeaux Tasting

After years working in restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area, traveling up and down the coast of California, and calling the Temecula Valley home for over 10 years, I have developed quite an affection and palate for California wines.  From Napa, to Paso Robles, to Temecula, I know what grows well in each region [...]

May 10th, 2011 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Wine & Food,Wine Tasting Events | Read More »

Jazz in the Air at Thornton Winery avatar

">Jazz in the Air at Thornton Winery
Jazz in the Air at Thornton Winery avatar
Jesse Cook takes the stage - Photo by Corie Maue

There is something about live music that moves us in a way that no recorded volume ever could.  The first beat of the drum, the first notes reverberating through the silence inspire the heart to swell and grow until we cannot help but smile, sway and then dance to the sounds swirling around us. If [...]

May 8th, 2011 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Wine & Music | Read More »

All Aboard For Fun – Brewen’s Empire Trolley avatar

">All Aboard For Fun – Brewen’s Empire Trolley
All Aboard For Fun – Brewen’s Empire Trolley avatar
Don Campini

But wait, there’s more. On to the main course of “Roasted Pork Loin with Guinness Stout Glaze,” which requires a 12 oz bottle of beer. Chef Marty says that beer should never be bought in odd numbers and recommends employing the phone-a-friend option for remaining beers. I’m now begging Mr. W to cue the crane to get me out of my seat.

August 21st, 2010 | Posted in Miscellany,Wine & Food,Wine Country trips,Wineries | Read More »

Gold (and Wine) Country – Calaveras and Amador Counties avatar

">Gold (and Wine) Country – Calaveras and Amador Counties
Gold (and Wine) Country – Calaveras and Amador Counties avatar
Hanging Planter at Young's

In the just over a year we’ve been publishing WINEormous, we’ve visited the Temecula Valley and Paso Robles extensively and have toured the Santa Ynez and Napa Valleys as well as the states of Washington, Texas, Idaho, Maryland, Virginia and Texas. We’ve barely begun to scratch the surface. Recently we visited Calaveras and Amador Counties [...]

May 22nd, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine Country trips | Read More »

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">WINEormous Week of Wine Tasting In Southern California
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It was a busy week for wine aficionados  in Southern California. Last Monday I went to San Diego to the beautiful Lounge Six at the Solamar Hotel in downtown for R & R Wine Marketing‘s Spring Portfolio Tasting. The weather was picture perfect and the views were awesome… Petco Park, the downtown skyline and the [...]

April 27th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Uncategorized,Wine & Food,Wine Tasting Events | Read More »

Calcotada In Temecula – Nick Palumbo Style avatar

">Calcotada In Temecula – Nick Palumbo Style
Calcotada In Temecula – Nick Palumbo Style avatar
Chopper (16 years old)

I had never even heard of a Calçotada until a few weeks ago. Chef Frank Miller talked with me in detail about the famed Spanish festivals, where calçot onions are charred over coals and served with a Salsa Romesco.  Then lo and behold I read there was going to be a Calçotada at Palumbo Family [...]

March 17th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Wine & Food,Wineries | Read More »

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