A Taste of Wine

In travels near and far, I meet a lot of wine consumers who love this classic beverage and want to learn more, but questions do persist about content.   Transparency is always a good thing in any product.  I expect …

Jammy, big fruited and pressing all the right buttons for wine lovers, Zinfandel is grown just about everywhere in California.  At one time, it was the most widely planted grape in this state. As much fun as Zin is, it …

The word is out at the most respected wineries in Napa and Sonoma.   They must collaborate with the wunderkind chef in San Diego, Kurt Metzger of Kitchen 4140.  It started with the recent cork-popping of the fabled Hall Wines …

San Diego County’s wineries recently were dong the Bacchus boogie and toasting a state court when it sided with a county ordinance that is bringing in a lot more boutique wineries to the back country.  It made permanent a lower …

Intense and complex are the two descriptors I see most when describing the wines of Washington state. Washington is way up North, the most northern major winegrowing area in the world. But before you start thinking that this wine country …

Prospect Street in La Jolla is squeezed with many restaurants vying for prominence.  Some have a west-facing view of the Pacific which may give them an edge, but only one has that “wow” look, with curb appeal reminiscent of a …

This year is shaping up to be a landmark one for Temecula Wine Country in its quest to not only be a recognized destination for excellent wines, but for big time music venues.  Concerts on the green have been stepped …

The wine/food event of the year is still 3 ½ months away but by the way the talk is going, it may as well be next week.  The San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival will be with us November …

3,793 restaurants from around the world recently earned awards for their wine lists from the leading wine publication in the world, Wine Spectator.   The Grand Award is the publication’s highest honor for a wine list that sommeliers “take to …

In my last column, we opened the wine book on the big, stately and beautiful wine country of Sonoma and stretched our legs at Jordan Winery, the 1,200 acre Bordeaux style winery and vineyard just north of Healdsburg.  This week …