Don’t Let Zin Steal Your Heart Away ... Many moons ago I attended my first San Diego Bay Food and Wine Classic and went to a Zinfandel tasting panel where I had the eye-opening experience of learning that not all Zins are fruit and alcohol bombs. Darn! That’s what I went there for! Ha Ha.. [...]
SD's Food and Wine Classic keeps evolving ... I’ve been attending the San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival (SDBWFF) for over ten years now and loved every event I’ve attended. And through all the wine tastings, luncheons, dinners, parties and most of all that great Grand Tasting down on the San Diego waterfront I’ve [...]
San Diego Here We Come… Bill Brandel 2019 is zipping by, but that means one of my fav wine and food fests, the 16th annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival (SDBWFF) is fast approaching (Nov 10-17). So I thought it’d be cool to get Bill Brandel, VP of Sales and Marketing of the [...]
Seattle Rocks ... The Rolling Stones rolled thru Seattle recently and since it was my birthday I thought I’d treat myself and the web gal to their show at Century Link Field Stadium. It was my fourth Stones show, and most likely my last, but the Stones, all in their 70s now, still deliver the [...]
RN74's Chef Shawn Talks ... Summertime. It’s normally a time to put up your feet for a bit and enjoy the sunshine. But don’t tell that to Exec Chef Shawn Applin of RN74 in Seattle, who is doing double duty serving up lamb menguez sausage, combined with carmelized onion, Dijon and brioche bun at the [...]
Dessert Gal Promotes Washington Wines ... A triple chocolate cookie ice cream sandwich filled with butterscotch ice cream. While the web gal can’t wait to devour it, it was enough to make the Insider’s teeth hurt just reading the description, which brought a loud laugh from its creator, Kate Sigel, the Executive Pastry Chef at [...]
Twice is Not Enough... It’s always fun to renew tasting experiences you’ve enjoyed before. So it was a kick to drive down the 29 recently and have a Merlot tasting at Duckhorn Winery and a whole bunch of different wines at Castello di Amorosa. After turning off on to Lodi Lane we wound up the [...]
Get Your Kicks ... Every once in a while I love to get out of town and drive up the coast. No matter how many times you do it, you’re always going to find something new to love and explore. Getty Museum Van Gogh It was always on my bucket list to go to the [...]
Under the Stars to the Stars... The drive from Las Vegas to L.A. is pretty boring and definitely too long, especially if you just lost your ass in Sin City. To break it up, I highly recommend a stop at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa. Right off the main drive into town, [...]
Laughter Flows Like Wine... It’s too bad that there aren’t a lot of more laughs in the world of wine. Outside of the razor sharp wit of the Hosemaster, it’s a pretty dry bunch. Instead of the tired cliché of drink what you like when you begin to get into wine, I’d tell people to [...]
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