A Fun Day ... The Insider was at the 18th Annual Mount Veeder Appellation Wine Tasting at the Hess Winery. There was food, wines, music, silent auction and nice weather. A bunch of good cabs from the wineries and some good blues from the Hummingbirdsz made for a fun Saturday afternoon. It was [...]
From Washington to Napa, California .... Down to the Stag's Leap Wine Cellars where we do the Insider quiz with head winemaker Marcus Notaro, who has been on the job for three years, since coming down from Washington State where he had been head winemaker with Col Solare – all without changing employers. Both wineries are co-owned by Ste. Michelle [...]
Did You Say Tennis at the Silverado... To the Day for the Queen Tennis Tournament at the Silverado Resort and Spa where I get to quiz their Director of Tennis, Katie Dellich, between sets of their round robin tournament where I was the lone guy amongst many women. I hadn't played in a long while [...]
Meritage Resort Wine Cave Dinner ... “You got to be in shape if you’re going to be a food and wine writer.” A squawk of laughter from Napa’s Meritage Resort’s Marketing Director Andrew Bradley, catching my humor and irony, as I climbed the final steps to the reception for their Paul Hobbs Winery dinner. And [...]
Wine, Beer, Food, Music ... Had me some kicks at the Taste of Napa tasting this last Sat afternoon. Hot as hell. Hate wearing a hat, but donned a SF Giants ball cap to protect my bald spot. One of the joys of getting older, losing your hair. Ha Ha!!! There were some excellent wines [...]
Sold Out Asian Dinner ... The Insider dropped by Garrett Murphy's Kitchen Collective, urban cooking club, where they were hosting a sold out Taste of Asia dinner. A dragon salad kicked things off with Yuba and fresh herbs followed by Korean Wings. Hot and sour soup came next, with Thai lettuce cups that came with [...]
Wicked Concert at Rodney Strong .... I thought I hung up my rock n’ roll writing shoes many moons ago (check my bio on here for reasons why, haha). Although, the Insider always tries to bleed a little of that rock n’ roll spirit into my food and wine writing. When I saw Rodney Strong [...]
Father's Day Luncheon... The Insider was off to the Hall Winery where guest chef Ken Frank of La Toque hosted A Taste of Hall luncheon. Chef Frank led us through three tasty courses which started with a Garden Vegetable Salad that paired great with Hall's Walt Sonoma Coast Chardonnay. Second course was a New York [...]
Out and about... To the Charles Krug Winery we go for the Taste of Howell Mountain event where 50 wineries were sampling their wares on beautiful grounds. While there was an ocean of good Cabs to be sampled the Insider found himself returning to the W.H. Smith tasting table for their 2012 Solo Howell Mountain [...]
After the tasting at the Taste of Howell Mountain wound up, the Insider was off to the Hess Collection Winery. The winery is located above a hill and holding their fourth Lobster Fest. It was time to abandon the cutlery, don an apron and enjoy steaming lobster, prawns, corn on the cob and other [...]
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