Finding Connections in the Northern Rhône
Connections I’ve only been to France once. We were in Germany and during our week in Hamburg we took the train to Paris for a single day. Up early, we arrived at the Gard du Nord train station and made...
Santa Barbara Vintners Celebration of Harvest Weekend
Santa Barbara is one of our favorite wine regions. Typically we find our way that direction in April for the Vintners Spring Weekend, with it’s Seminars, special events and of course the Grand Tasting. This year, we thought we would...
Syrah Seminar 2016 SB Vintners – Episode 3 Bien Nacido
Syrah Panel Santa Barbara Vintners 2016 Chris Hammell of Bien Nacido Chris Hammell is the Vineyard Manager for Bien Nacido Vineyards. Bien Nacido is located in the Santa Maria Valley in Santa Barbara County. This vineyard is distinctive. Once you...
Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend 2016
This past weekend was the time for our Annual trip to Santa Barbara for the Vintners Spring Weekend. The weekend was filled with great food, great wine and great people. We will start out with the overview here and then...
Zaca Mesa University – Part 4 Eric Mohseni
Welcome to part 4 of our coverage of the Santa Barbara Vintners Wine Seminar from the Vintners Spring Weekend 2015. The theme of the seminar was “Zaca Mesa University” based on a wonderful article in Edible Santa Barbara from Spring...
Zaca Mesa University Jim Clendenen & Bob Lindquist
Welcome to part 3 of our coverage of the Santa Barbara Vintners Wine Seminar from the Vintners Spring Weekend 2015. The theme of the seminar was “Zaca Mesa University” based on a wonderful article in Edible Santa Barbara from Spring...
Zaca Mesa University Part 2 – Ken Brown
This is part 2 of our coverage of the Santa Barbara Vintners Wine Seminar from April of 2015. The theme of the seminar was “Zaca Mesa University” with a panel of wine makers all of whom had come through the...
Zaca Mesa University, With Christopher Sawyer
The Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend featured a Wine Seminar called “Zaca Mesa University”. Zaca Mesa Winery has a long history of turning out amazing winemakers and this seminar brought 4 of them together. Morgen McLaughlin, Executive Director of the...
“Zaca Mesa University” Santa Barbara Wine Seminar Spring 2015 – The Highlight Reel
During the Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend this April, the Wine Seminar topic was “Zaca Mesa University”. Inspired by a Spring 2013 article in Edible Santa Barbara Magazine, this seminar featured winemakers who have played a part in the history...
The 2014 Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend – My highlight reel.
Our trip to the Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend was absolutly amazing. The weekend was filled with events to suit any wine lover, and while there was no way that we could attend everything, I’ll give you the quick run...
Santa Maria Valley, Santa Barbara County’s 1st AVA
Santa Maria Valley is the northernmost appellation in Santa Barbara County. The average temperature here is 64 degrees. The area is bounded on the north by the San Rafael Mountains and on the south by the Solomon Hills. They get...
Qupe, Verdad, Ethan & Bob Lindquist
We left ABC and hurried back to the car (it was a bit of a hike!) and headed on to Los Olivos to try to get to Qupe before the tasting room closed. We had driven from Santa Barbara to...
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Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
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