
Masia de Yabar Urban Tasting Room is one of my favorite newcomers to the Old Town Temecula scene, so it was with great pleasure that I made plans to chat with tasting room manager, Grace Richardson about Masia’s plans for the months to come. Snuggled in between Delany’s 100 Mile Market and Palumbo Ristorante on [...]
December 15th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Wineries | Read More »

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 »

Wilmer and Carlos are both natives of Perú, while Waleed was born in Lebanon. Wilmer and Carlos both practice dentistry, but in 2003, Wilmer planted roughly 75 acres of Malbec in Argentina. They met Waleed at the DePortola location and came up with the idea of opening a tasting room in Old Town. Like the De Portola location, the Old Town location will offer not only wine, but live music and food, too.
August 7th, 2010 | Posted in Wine & Food,Wine & Music,Wineries | Read More »

While some olive oil purveyors have you taste their oils with bread, Temecula Valley Olive Oil Company encourages you to taste it by itself so you get the true flavor.
June 15th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Travel,Wine & Food | Read More »

Chris is a great storyteller. He shared a story with us about a lady who called him and said her parents had a vineyard in Hemet that needed harvesting. He loaded the truck with bins, buckets and miscellaneous tools and when he arrived at the property discovered “the vineyard” consisted of one vine.
May 10th, 2010 | Posted in The Love of Wine,Wineries | Read More »

Buzz and Kimberly Olson wanted to build a bed and breakfast in Temecula Wine Country. They still do. Life has a funny way of putting a few detours in your path, and those detours have landed Buzz and Kimberly in Old Town Temecula with Tesoro Winery‘s tasting room. In 2002, the Olsons sold their house [...]
October 21st, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized,Wineries | Read More »