Food

Most chefs would freeze in their boots and quickly forget everything they were ever taught about fine dining, if they ever had to pair up their menu creations with the best wines from Frescobaldi, a Florentine family whose wine fame …

What do you want to do for Thanksgiving? my husband asks me. Not much, I say, since it’s just the two of us.  Violet Hill Farms sells those free-range, organic turkeys. We could try one, I guess. They’re probably pretty …

Home for the holiday is a choice many Americans make.  The biggest travel date of the year is Thanksgiving Day as relatives and friends assemble with great food, wine and conversation, the centerpiece of this day to count your blessings. But …

From Temecula to Napa Valley and beyond, this is the season of the year that can make or break a vineyard in California’s considerable wine industry.  The state has some 10% of the number of vineyards in the U.S. They …

“When I wrote the book,” explained wine merchant Kermit Lynch, “I thought the oenologists were going to take over.”   We were chatting about Adventures on the Wine Route, Lynch’s seminal tour of France that can be found on every …

“This democratization of wine is great,” asserted Jancis Robinson, one of the world’s leading wine authorities, over coffee one recent morning. Robinson was in Washington, D.C., to promote the seventh edition of The World Atlas of Wine, the indispensable reference book co-authored with …

In my wine tasting office in a serene district of busy little Encinitas, I always have an eye or two open for an out-of-town winemaker who may be stopping at a wine bar to shake the flesh and pop a …

Italian food is much more than pasta and red sauce, and with The Glorious Vegetables of Italy food writer Domenica Marchetti introduces the reader to the genius that is the Italian way with vegetables.    One of today’s leading proponents …

It fits that the next big event for Temecula Wine Country is the Harvest Celebration November 2nd and 3rd. Temecula is harvesting some big awards these days. From the California State Fairs to New York, Floridaand London England, Temecula’s wines are boldly mixing it up with …

Last week we brought you up to date on the big gains logged in by Temecula Wine Country and its 35 wineries.  There are a group of wineries in that district that are making great strides in moving up to …