Wine Press & Wine Notes
IN PURSUIT OF BALANCE 2013
Featuring California Chardonnay and California Pinot Noir Los Angeles, CA February 6, 2013 This is the third year for this event which was conceived by Rajat Parr of Sandhi Wines and Jasmine Hirsch of Hirsch Vineyards. This year the event was held in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Previously, the events were held in [...]
Click here to read entire article »THE 24TH ANNUAL CULINARY EVENING WITH THE CALIFORNIA WINEMASTERS IS SET FOR SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013, AT WARNER BROS. STUDIOS IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA
A Culinary Evening With The California Winemasters, benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will once again take place on the “Midwest Street” backlot at Warner Bros. Studios on Saturday, May 18.
Click here to read entire article »SEVERAL OF OUR FAVORITE CHARITY WINE AUCTIONS HAVE ACHIEVED REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN 2012
A Culinary Evening With The California Winemasters, Burbank, California Vintage Affaire, Woodside, California Central Coast Wine Classic, Avila Beach, California St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church Cellar Classic, Los Olivos, California The 23rd Annual Culinary Evening With The California Winemasters Generated Over $1.7 Million for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The “Midwest Street” backlot at Warner Bros. [...]
Click here to read entire article »SIXTH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO COCKTAIL WEEK ANNOUNCES EVENT SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2012
San Francisco Cocktail Week announces its schedule of main events for September 17-23, 2012. Established in 2007, it is a weeklong soiree celebrating the Bay Area’s liquid culture, cocktail heritage, bar talent and dynamic industry of the American cocktail. Bay Area patrons can experience, enjoy and discover everything one ever wanted to know about cocktails [...]
Click here to read entire article »Come Raise a Glass With Us As The Napa Valley Wine Library Association Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
The Napa Valley Wine Library Association announces its 50th anniversary celebration that will take place the weekend of Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19. The festivities commence with a seminar at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, “Toast to the Future: the Next Generations.” A dozen vintners will present their [...]
Click here to read entire article »CHARITY WINE AUCTIONS ANNOUNCE EXCITING EVENTS FOR 2012
Our favorite charity wine auctions in California promise some exhilarating, high energy events this year. Record-setting highs in 2006 and 2007 were followed by the recessionary years of 2008 and 2009, but charity wine auctions began to show signs of economic recovery in 2010 and 2011 and expectations are strong for 2012.
Click here to read entire article »COTES DE PROVENCE MEDIA AND TRADE TASTING IN LOS ANGELES
April 2, 2012 Fig & Olive, West Hollywood, CA I recently attended a media and trade tasting of wines from the Côtes de Provence sponsored by the Counseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provence (Provence Wine Council). Listed below is information about this organization: “The Conseil lnterprofessionnel des Vins de Provence (CIVP), known in the United [...]
Click here to read entire article »THE MONUMENTAL 2009 WINES OF THE DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI
I recently attended the West Coast tasting of the 2009 Domaine De La Romanée Conti wines. This was the 33rd vintage to be represented by the importer Wilson Daniels. The tasting was held on January 23, 2012 at Quince Restaurant in San Francisco. A few days prior a similar tasting was held in New York. [...]
Click here to read entire article »A TASTING OF GROWER CHAMPAGNES AND SPARKLING WINES
The Vienna Wine Company and WineWise Oakland, California presented a tasting of Grower-Producer Champagnes and Sparkling Wines from Terry Theise Estate Selections and WineWise in October at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
Click here to read entire article »GERMANY 2010 – A SPECTACULAR VINTAGE
Imagine if Philippine Rothschild had said that today’s supermarket Mouton Cadet was the equal of the 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild, the estate’s flagship wine from a famed vintage. Hanno Zilliken, owner/winemaker of the famed German Saar estate Forstmeister Zilliken, made a similar statement, comparing his 2010 wines to a cellar aged 1983 gold capsule Auslese, a prized late harvest wine from a highly praised vintage.
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