A Taste of Wine

I may need a few household things, but when I am finished at the COSTCO in Carlsbad, I have my few things PLUS  nearly a case of a variety of wines to fill the cart. Sound familiar?  The Carlsbad COSTCO has the 2nd largest …

Like most west coast wine lovers, my choices have been confined to California, Oregon and Washington.  The ten selected wines will take a break from that with two selections from Colorado, a high country state with massive swings in temperature, that have served the beer industry well and are …

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles, offers a commanding vista of one of the largest, most beautiful marinas in the world. It is one of the 85 Ritz-Carlton properties in the world.  When I viewed the …

On my visits to Temecula’s wine country I have been making the beautiful drive north on the I-15 in San Diego County for some 9 years now, passing though what is known as Fallbrook.  I have also driven though most of …

Last week I got to thumbing through my very first wine columns  some 9 years ago.  The wine world has changed so much since those halcyon days when life was a little calmer, prosperous and most of the wine we reported on was …

In January, Colorado became the first state in the U.S. to allow retail recreational marijuana sales to adults 21 and older.  37 dispensaries  opened for business and business has been booming.  But hold on.  Since 2005, the Colorado wine industry has more than tripled to more than 144 million, with …

The Coast News expands. As some of my readers know, I’ve been criss-crossing Colorado for the past couple of weeks, visiting wineries from Denver to Grand Junction and will deliver the news of what I found out about Colorado wines in just a few weeks. While I was gone, …

There is no more elegant bottle of wine than a well crafted Rose.’  I am always captivated by this hybrid wine that radiates pleasure, coolness and seduction. Rose’ of course is not a grape varietal, it’s a style of wine; the …

Road shows are nothing new in the wine world.  Especially this time of the year when wine makers really don’t have critical  responsibilities at bud break and flowering of the vines.  But when one of the top distributors organizes its winery clients from …

The current issue of Wine Spectator, the leading wine publication in the world, has its annual restaurant awards section, based on the quality of the wine list, presentation and type of cuisine. A total of 3,748 restaurants worldwide were named …