TAPAS Grand Wine Tasting: Tempranillo and Friends in San Francisco

TAPAS (the Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society) brings their 6th annual Grand Wine Tasting of Tempranillos and other wines made from grapes native to the Iberian Peninsula back to San Francisco this weekend.  The 2013 TAPAS Grand Wine Tasting will feature over … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Santa Barbara Wine Festival: The Best Way To End June

OK, everybody, let’s all travel to Santa Barbara and taste some wine.  The Santa Barbara Wine Festival™ is taking place at the end of this month with delicious wine, outstanding food, and hopefully a dinosaur or two.  If you haven’t been … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Pinot Noir and Ocean Air: The 2013 World of Pinot Noir

Earlier this month, we enjoyed two days surrounded by sun, surf, great food, and an enormous amount of high quality Pinot Noirs.  That’s right, we were at the 2013 World of Pinot Noir in Shell Beach.  With about 200 wineries … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Sweet Sixteen: The 16th Celebration of American Rhones in San Francisco

There’s only one week left until the Rhone Rangers Grand Tasting, your chance to savor a pavilion full of wines made from varietals such as Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier, Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre.  This fun and popular event is part of the 16th Annual San … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Savor Rhone Wines Soon: The Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience

Fans of Rhone varietals may already have March 22 and 23 marked off on their calendars for the San Francisco Rhone Rangers festivities, but why wait that long?  The Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience is in just a few weeks … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Let’s Go Wine Tasting In Santa Barbara

When you go wine tasting in Santa Barbara County, you will find plenty of wine regions and wine trails to keep you busy.  Between the Lompoc “Wine Ghetto,” the Foxen Canyon Trail, the Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail, downtown Los Olivos, and the areas around … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Dinosaur at the Door – The 2012 Santa Barbara Wine Festival

As usual, the Santa Barbara Wine Festival took place on the last Saturday in June at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.  We had a delightful time walking around the grounds outside, discovering several local wineries and restaurants we hadn’t been to … –> please click here to continue reading –>