If I might borrow a bit of press-speak-ease … The Rhone Rangers ride into Los Angeles on Sunday, June 3, 2012, with over 45 wineries pouring their American-grown Rhone wines. All events take place this year at the recently renovated… Read More ›

Food & Wine Pairing
Discussions and comments related to pairing foods and wines.
Get Your Passport Stamped “Lytton Springs.” Receive Bliss.
Passport to Dry Creek Valley: A Modern Tradition with Century-Old Roots That’s the tagline, and no producer enacts its promise quite like Lytton Springs. Modern? Yes. By way of tradition. An Ecologically Friendly Building Made of Straw — Straw Bales, Earthen… Read More ›
Zinfandel, BBQ, & You …
Can’t let you know -just yet- the where, why, what, when, how of why we were tasting iterations of BBQ today -with companionated iterations of Zinfandel- but if you can just get yer 2-flap Sherlock lid on, you might just grok the rock. In the meantime, let… Read More ›
What You Doin’ This Saturday? Oh, You BEST Be At Lytton Springs! Spring Release Celebration!!!
Beautiful location? Lytton Springs. Check. Amazing wine? Ridge Vineyards, at Lytton Springs. Check. NEW Amazing Wine? Ridge Vineyards, at Lytton Springs. Check. Uber-rare, intoxicatingly rarefied, cellar offering amazing wine? Ridge Vineyards, at Lytton Springs. Check. Pizza? Check. Gourmet, artisan Pizza?… Read More ›
Monte Bello Collector Component Tasting Event: The 4488 Wrap!
Monte Bello Noir? It was a dark and stormy night. Except it wasn’t. What it actually was, was a warm and sunny morning, with the low sun casting rays through the gauze of morning haze that lightly veiled the vineyards… Read More ›
What Was Cookin’ At First Friday
Depending on how closely you follow this blog, you may or may not recall my making a pledge — a resolution if you will — regarding Food & First Fridays. What I resolved to do was try and make at… Read More ›
What’s Up Lunch?: The Take & Bake Pizza Chronicles
Greetings all! Readers of this blog may be familiar with a series of postings we’ve run over the past couple of years; our “What’s Up Lunch?” series, in which we document unique luncheon pairings with our wines. Well, I’m not… Read More ›