Meat, Meat and More Meat ... It wasn’t a good time to be a vegetarian in Napa this past weekend. Blues, Brews and BBQ hosted live blues music from some of the Bay Area’s best blues musicians, including Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, over 30 hard to find micro-brewed beers in a large beer garden, [...]
Hoopster Who Loves Wines ... To the Yao Family Wines Tasting Room we go where they were celebrating the dog days of summer with a barbeque that featured ribs, sausage, chicken and all the sides, along with your choice of Napa Crest Rose, Sauvignon Blanc or Red Blend. The tasting also featured the very first [...]
Perfect Night For A Wine Dinner... “A Dragon Lady?” laughed, Clos Du Val’s head winemaker Ted Henry as we walked through his vines, before sitting down for Clos Du Val’s fun, gorgeous night out supper at their new vineyard in Yountville. “What are you talking about?” The Insider read a piece recently in Forbes about Madame Bize-Leroy of Domaine-Leroy, [...]
Did You Say Chili ... Off to the Pestoni Estate Family Winery where it is hosting Rutherford Dust Society's the Return of the Original Rutherford Chili Ball - a fun, family friendly event that has firemen participating too. Wines by RDS members and local beers were available throughout the afternoon, complimented by a full BBQ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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