Drinks

Summer is for Chillin’

We’ve all heard about chilling white wine, but it seems that we also need to check out the ambient temperature before serving our reds. In the summer, reds may need to be chilled as well!
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Drinks | Travel

Call Me A Cab: California Wines Again Win Taste-Off Vs. French

We’ve got legs and we know how to use them. That’s the bottom line on a taste-off yesterday of California wines vs. French in a cross-continental contest of wines that…

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Caves, Champagne and Cuisine: Catalan Festival, Sonoma, CA

I kick myself for having never visited the Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves, which is only 30 minutes’ drive northwest of my home. But maybe I’ll get up there July 22…

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Best in Glass: Sterling Vintner’s Collection

Sterling Vineyards of Napa County had its 2001 Sterling Vintner’s Collection Chardonnay ranked #1 among 175 at a recent SF Chronicle Wine Competition. It took the Gold Best of Class…

Drinks | Food

Palm Springs Food & Wine Fest Goes Green!

‘Tis the season and decade for green — even for festivals. The Palm Springs Food and Wine Festival, April 12-14 in downtown Palm Springs, is showing its cool colors. The…

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The Lenz Winery

Dry sparkling wines, crisp chardonnays and fantastic merlots have given the Lenz Winery a superior reputation. They’re a relatively small winery, making wines to exacting standards. Most of thier wines…

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Wine Pairings

We are going about wine the wrong way ’round. There are rules about matching the right wine to your food, and there are rules that say that the first rule…

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