Wine Tasting

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

Last week I snagged lunch at St. Helena's version of street food, Clif Family Bruschetteria truck.

If I bring a good bottle of desert wine to a neighbors house, is it proper to take the leftovers home?

I have a wine collection of Martha Stewart selected wines. I'm inviting 4 yoga friends for a casual fun wine tasting. I doubt any of us know much about this and the food that goes with although I ...

CH seems very enthusiastic about La Subida - do folks recommend the trattoria or the osteria? We will have eaten at Hisa Franko the night before, so perhaps a casual option is nice? Also, no one se...

Help! I am looking for a venue for an upscale business meeting and dinner (think Wall Street Hedge Fund/Private Equity world) for a weeknight evening in October. I’d like the venue to be classy yet...

by Breadcrumbs 3 years ago

In the spirit of Food Tourist's 2014 thread, I thought I'd kick off one for this year and start by mentioning that Food & Wine Magazine's Aug 2015 edition has a very good feature piece on PEC spann...

Hello all, I have been doing some research for our upcoming trip and have a tentative agenda with a couple of slots to fill and I am hoping to get recommendations and feedback on my proposed itiner...

A friend of mine is interested in doing a short (introductory) wine tasting course in the GTA, preferably downtown. I seem to recall that George Brown once upon a time did a weekend course, but I m...

I'm visiting Sonoma County in a few weeks and I've put together an itinerary for my trip and would like to see if it seems viable to the wine and Sonoma County experts here. Please let me know if t...

My two girlfriends and I will be visiting Sonoma (staying in Sonoma Valley Best Western) for 2 full days next month. We are somewhat wine novices, but would like some help in narrowing down our po...

by Disneyfreak 1 year ago

I heard about the Priority Wine Pass for the Napa Valley area. I was wondering if you think it is worth it? Have any of you used it before? https://www.prioritywinepass.com/ I have never bee...

by Charles Yu 1 year ago

In this day and age of free speech and political corrective-ness, will you be offended by the use of the long time, well accepted terminology - 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' to describe the character...

Has anyone done the Il Pranzo lunch and tasting at Round Pond? It sounds lovely - I am trying to decide whether to do that or just one of their olive mill tastings. Thanks!

We will be on the Sonoma side for a day, 9/9/17. We are tasting at Kistler and (fingers crossed) Williams Seylem in the early afternoon, followed by lunch. We are going to be in Healdsburg for dinn...

My wife and I are taking our honeymoon in France in September-October, and I am hoping you lovely people can help us figure out where we should go tasting. Mind you, we fell in love in a French-foc...

by hychka 2 years ago

Visiting friends (folks who regularly travel in Europe) want me to find a Paris wine tasting tour on May 24, 25 or 26. We would be four people and don't mind joining others. Didn't see anything on ...

by hychka 2 years ago

My wife and I will be in Paris for a month starting mid May hosting drop-in well-wishers for our on going 50th anniversary celebrations. In the past we have enjoyed fast train one day excursions to...