A Toast to Me!

This evening I had the impromptu pleasure of meeting up with a close friend of mine to visit a new wine bar, Roman Holiday, which just opened (like yesterday) in Santa Clarita. I say visit loosely because (a) we wanted to meet up somewhere where we could talk and catch up on the happenings of [...]

A year ago, about 22 hours shy of being to the day, The Loose Goose Wine Society, Wine Festival, and Private Wine Cellar officially announced the closing of the doors.  How sad it is to remember.  Up until the last minute I was go go go, but it was on April 9th that I finally [...]

So last night I met up with some friends to see a production of On Golden Pond at The REP. I arrived a little early and spent a little time talking with “O” as he was pouring drinks for his guests when I realized exactly how much I miss pouring wine for guests.  It seems [...]

In our family, we celebrate Christmas at the stoke of midnight — which means that Christmas Eve is full of family and friends waiting anxiously for the little hand and the big hand to meet at the number 12 on the clock.  This year I sat at the table enjoying dinner with my aunt, cousin, [...]

Whereas I pretty much grew up watching Saturday Night Live (SNL), I can’t say that I remember watching this particular episode.  It’s one with Jannette Jackson, Jimmy Fallon and a bunch of other people as they pay homage to a particular portion of the wine making process.  I got such a kick out of it [...]

I think her cup just runneth over… This morning I kept thinking of a theme for an upcoming wine-pairing dinner and decided to do a little research.  I typed my search words into Google and came across and article/advertisement for a bra that actually holds booze.  Want to go from an B cup to a [...]

As you know, this weekend a friend and I went up to Fresno to do some wine tasting and research the wineries in the area.  Fortunately Mike remembered to bring his trusty, albeit ANCIENT, microcassette recorder.  You remember the kind – their gray, about the size of your hand and claim to be voice activated?  [...]

In true “wine-lover” form, I ventured out in discovery of some new wines. Where you ask? Well over to Fresno.  YES, I said Fresno!  I know right, wine in Fresno?  Um, yup.. there is some great wine in Fresno folks! Anyways, I headed out with a friend of mine to do some research.  During our [...]

A few months ago I had the pleasure of tasting an amazing wine by Retief Goosen, probably one of the best golfers of his generation (or so his website says).  I admit, that I know absolutely NOTHING about golf, but I do know a little bit about wine. Time to learn about golf:  Turns out [...]

I was catching up on the various “tweets” on Twitter this morning and I came across one that mentioned “user-friendly” wines.  My first thought, was “hmmm, interesting”, so I went on to read the article posted by a very respected person in the “wine world”.  His post give readers a basic list of wines that [...]