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Rutherford Ranch Winery

Pours at Prestige Events... Quid Pro Quo - Hannibal Lecter to FBI agent Clarice Starling.. After attending innumerable tasting events, where sometimes you take the required sip and lunge for the spit bucket, to the sublime pours, where you wish the guy or gal behind the table would pour a little more, one wonders, what [...]

By | November 27th, 2024|Napa Wineries|Comments Off on Rutherford Ranch Winery

Food & Wine Guy

Dinner In Sonoma... Jon Macklem When a restaurant hosts a wine dinner, it usually involves one winery with its owner or head winemaker doing the hosting and pouring duties. But Chef Charlie Palmer's Dry Creek Kitchen is going a different route on Sunday Nov. 10th, Sunday Supper with Food and Wine magazine's Executive Wine Editor [...]

By | October 31st, 2024|Sonoma Eateries|Comments Off on Food & Wine Guy

Morimoto Dispels

Cruise Myths... Vince Le After coming off a cruise on Holland America cruise line, thought it'd be useful to dispel some of the myths and out right lies that seem to permeate the cruise ship experience. And also give some recommendations if you decide to cruise. On our first day at sea our captain gave [...]

By | September 28th, 2024|David's Travels, Napa Eateries|Comments Off on Morimoto Dispels

Love Authentic French

Mais Oui .... I've always loved French cooking and dining. I mean, what's not to love? All those great sauces, meats, vegetables, classic recipes and meals, makes me salivate just thinking about it. About the only thing I haven't been able to get my palette around is French charcuterie:  those almost raw meats, foie gras, [...]

By | June 30th, 2024|David's Travels, Napa Wineries, Sonoma Wineries|Comments Off on Love Authentic French

Cruising In Style

And Loving It… Seasoned travel and food writers sometimes tend to disparage cruise line food and meals, usually comparing them to being barely better than hotel convention and buffet food, a take that I vehemently disagree with. Believe me, I've had enough rubber chicken dinner meals and awful buffets to know the difference. I think [...]

By | April 14th, 2024|David's Travels|Comments Off on Cruising In Style