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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 …

“Discover Beaujolais” read the campaign slogan.  It caught my eye because Beaujolias is one of the oldest wine brands in the world, crafted by respected wine makers in eastern France above Lyon for something like 2000 years.  It’s squeezed into an area dominated by Burgundy in the north, and the Rhone wines …

With a beautiful spring day in full bloom, I finally had time to plant my new little herb garden – basil, oregano, parsley, tarragon, mint, rosemary and more.     As I planted each little plant, I smiled at the …

Summer is here! We’ve had an early start here in LA. I recently went to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market looking for something summery! I made agnolotti with fava beans for Easter but they’re out of season now. Once I …

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 …

In May 1964, Nutella changed forever the image of Italians’ favorite snack: bread and chocolate.   An icon of Made in Italy in the food industry, one of the most appreciated worldwide, Nutella celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It …

A friend of mine recently passed me the official site map for  Temecula that I speculate could have been printed in the 80’s.  It showed 12 wineries, some 25 less than are counted today in the winegrowers brochure, an amazing growth record. …

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 …

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 …

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, …