Links To Our Friends is a categorized list of people and businesses that we know and recommend.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s A Culinary Evening with the California Winemasters — californiawinemasters.org
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Vintage Affaire — vintageaffaire.org
L’Ete du Vin — nashvillewineauction.com
College for Creative Studies/Detroit International Wine Auction — collegeforcreativestudies.edu/events/diwa
Auction Napa Valley — napavintners.com
Roberto Cortez – robertocortez.com
Roberto is an expert in culinary arts. His food is visually stunning and, believe it or not, it tastes even better than it looks. Some of the greatest meals and dishes I have ever experienced have been prepared by Roberto. You owe it to your self to contact Roberto and have him prepare a meal for you.
Corti Brothers – cortibrothers.com
Darrell Corti is one of the most knowledgeable food and wine persons in the world. He offers great and unique wine and food items from all over the world – many of which he personally sources. His E-mail newsletter is filled with information about great and unusual wines and food. Be sure to sign up for it.
Click here to view a video of Darrell Corti’s March, 2011 trip to Italy – https://sites.google.com/tvcorti/home/BLOG
Murray’s Sturgeon Shop – murrayssturgeon.com
The Ahwahnee – The Ahwahnee
L’ Auberge Carmel – laubergecarmel.com
The Canyon Villa – thecanyonvilla.com
Cass House – casshouseinn.com
The Daily Meal — www.thedailymeal.com
The Daily Meal is a food and drink megasite including original and curated material about restaurants and chefs, wines and spirits, other beverages, home entertaining, food-conscious traveling, and cooking. Cooking includes a customized recipe database offering original recipes. Also, “The Best of the Web” links to recipes from 500+ food sites in every corner of the web. These are ranked by Daily Meal criteria and by user ratings. The goal of the Daily Meal is to offer users access to “All Things Food & Drink.”
American Association of Wine Economists – www.wine-economics.org
The American Association of Wine Economists, AAWE, is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to encouraging and communicating economic research and analyses and exchanging ideas in wine economics. AAWE regularly publishes a journal and stages conferences as a forum to exchange ideas.
The Ahwahnee – The Ahwahnee
L’ Auberge Carmel – Aubergine – laubergecarmel.com
Cass House – casshouseinn.com
The Canyon Villa – thecanyonvilla.com
Melisse – melisse.com
Eight Tables – chinalivesf.com
Spago Beverly Hills – wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/fine-dining/3635
Monterey County Vintners and Growers – montereywines.org
Napa Valley Vintners Association – napavintners.com
San Luis Obispo Vintners Association – slowine.com
Santa Barbara County Vintners Association – sbcountywines.com
Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association – scmwa.com
Santa Lucia Highlands Wine Artisans – santaluciahighlands.com
Sonoma County Wineries Association – sonomawine.com
Zachys Wine Auctions – https://auction.zachys.com/auctions/
Atherton Wine Imports – awiwine.com
K & L Wine Merchants – klwines.com
Kermit Lynch – kermitlynch.com
Kermit Lynch has been importing some of the best wines from France and Italy since the 70’s. I have been buying wine from him for the entire time. His selections include a diverse variety of inexpensive and unique high quality wines as well as some of the greatest wines in the world. Be sure to sign up for his newsletter. It is a must read.
New York Wine Warehouse – nywines.com
North Berkeley Imports – http://www.northberkeleyimports.com/wordpress/
The Wine House San Francisco – wineaccess.com
Woodland Hills Wine Company – https://www.whwc.com/