Turkey Drinks – Wine is not the only option…
If you’re celebrating America’s Thanksgiving Holiday this week, maybe it’s time to explore outside the “Turkey and Pinot” or “Thanksgiving Beaujolais” box… Continue reading
Category Archives: Food and Wine from OC Wine School
Breaking apart the Thanksgiving Dinner
Deconstruct your Thanksgiving meal with creative versions of traditional components in separate courses, paired with wines Continue reading
Chateauneuf – Le Fiacre du Pape 2007
One of those easy-going, unpretentious Chateauneufs that take me right back to hot, sunny afternoons sitting under a plane tree in a dusty village square as old men toss boules back and forth on the sand and smoke filter-less cigarettes of dark Turkish Continue reading
Are you a wine snob?
Lettie describes me perfectly in her article. And I am not a wine snob. If you’re not into taking notes and scores and just want to enjoy drinking your wine, Teague apparently sees you as a problem. Continue reading
Old Wine
…sadly, I think it’s the last bottle we had left. Probably the only one left anywhere on earth. It’s sad that nobody but Holly, myself and our friend Brenda got to taste it… that Don Toribio whose grapes were in this bottle gave up winemaking and went back to his dairy farming. Continue reading
Continuum vertical tasting notes
This was the first public tasting of the full vertical of every vintage of Tim Mondavi’s Continuum produced to date; February 6, 2012 at Capo restaurant, Santa Monica Continue reading
Corsica Tasting Notes
Antoine & Marie Arena (Imported to USA by Kermit Lynch) 100% malolactic in all all wines Grotte di Sole Blanc 08 Vermentinu, S exposure, 20 yr vines. 11 months fermentation on lees in SS vats. N : Floral, mineral Continue reading
Champagne Autreau de Champillon – tasting notes
On his last tour in France Peter found some Champagnes that our guests raved about and insisted we import. These wines have never been imported into the USA before, they’re from a top-class, independent family producer and offer outstanding quality Continue reading