Food & Wine
PEOPLE AND WINE AGING TOGETHER
What is the correlation? Well, the fact is that people have varying life spans as do wines. Most people understand their aging process, but very few people understand the aging process of wines. In reality, most people could care less about how wines age. This creates a tremendous opportunity for those of us who love […]
Click here to read entire article »SOME FAVORITE FOODS TO ACCOMPANY ROSÉS
As mentioned in my first article on 2015 rosés (to read that article click here), here is a list of some of the foods we love with rosé: Everything! Just kidding, but rosé is very versatile. In fact, almost any food can be matched with rosé, but listed below are a few of our favorites. […]
Click here to read entire article »A GREAT WINE AND FOOD DINNER
Recently George Derbralian of Atherton Wine Imports organized and hosted a dinner in honor of Pierre Yves Colin and his wife Caroline at Bouchon restaurant in Beverly Hills. Atherton Wine Imports imports and sells Pierre Yves’s wines in the West Coast. Today Atherton Wine Imports also represents many of the famous growers in Burgundy […]
Click here to read entire article »A GRAND WINE & FOOD DINNER IN VANCOUVER
FEATURING GREAT OLD CHAMPAGNE, BORDEAUX, AND DESSERT WINES The Event This article is an account of a wonderful wine and food dinner I attended in December of last year. It was hosted and arranged by Albert Givton and featured superb wines from his cellar. The location was in Vancouver at the La […]
Click here to read entire article »MOUNT EDEN VINEYARDS CABERNET SAUVIGNON 41 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
EVERY VINTAGE FROM 1972 TO 2012: A GREAT REVELATION! I have been visiting, buying, tasting and drinking wines from Mount Eden Vineyards since the early 70s when they began. I also have been writing about and recommending Mount Eden Vineyards wines since the launch of The Underground Wineletter in 1979. (To read the Retrospective […]
Click here to read entire article »VANCOUVER RARITIES DINNER FEBRUARY 3, 2015 FEATURING BURGUNDY
VANCOUVER RARITIES DINNER FEATURING BURGUNDY FEBRUARY 3, 2015 HOSTED BY ALBERT GIVTON The excellent Blue Water Café in Vancouver with renowned Chef Frank Pabst on February 3 was the site for another always interesting wine rarities event organized by Albert Givton featuring this time top Burgundy. As a long time good friend of Albert’s […]
Click here to read entire article »AN APPRECIATION OF WOLFGANG PUCK
It will soon be 40 years since Wolfgang Puck moved to the United States, and it is time to reflect on America’s most influential chef. “Wolfgang, most influential, you say?” And, indeed, there is no doubt. Looking back from 2015, it is hard to remember what American cuisine was like in the 1970s when Wolfgang […]
Click here to read entire article »RARE VINTAGE PORT TASTING 1927–1963, FEATURING QUINTA DO NOVAL NACIONAL
(This article was written by Cary Feibleman, Dennis Foley, Edward Lazarus, Christine Graham and Ronald Brown) Event organizer Don Schliff applying Port tongs to bottle neck Don Schliff, noted Port collector and one of the founders of Wine Warehouse, the famous wholesalers headquartered in Los Angeles, organized an historic Port tasting in February 2015, featuring […]
Click here to read entire article »A GRAND FOOD & WINE EVENT FEATURING OLD CALIFORNIA CABERNETS FROM INGLENOOK AND DIAMOND CREEK
OLD CALIFORNIA CABERNET TASTING WITH JOHN TILSON 12/13/14 Dinner by Kelsie Kerr of Standard Fare, Berkeley 1960 Inglenook Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1959 Inglenook Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1958 Inglenook Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1956 Inglenook Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1955 Inglenook Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1949 Inglenook Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon […]
Click here to read entire article »LEROY TASTING
The wines of Domaine Leroy are amongst the most collectible and long lived in Burgundy. Few estates can boast as broad a collection of wines covering the most important vineyards in the region, nor can they rival the vertical treasures held in the Domaine’s cellars. Winemaking here has always been of the finest quality with […]
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