And the winners are… On January 22nd, Michaels on Main, Paradise Beach Grille, Café Cruz, Ma Maison, and Sanderlings at Seascape Beach Resort enlisted their chefs to create extraordinary dishes that best emphasized the delicate and distinctive flavor of crab for the 9th Annual Wine and Crab Taste-Off. Over 250 enthusiastic patrons were encouraged ...
One of the biggest awards in the world of wine has been won by a tiny, family-owned winery in Livermore Valley. McGrail Vineyards & Winery’s 2008 Reserve Livermore Valley Cabernet Sauvignon was named Red Sweepstakes winner in the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest competition of American wines in the world with ...
The 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition results are in; and Santa Cruz Mountains Wineries glow with gold. 65 professional judges took the challenge the week of January 6, 2012 and judged over 5,500 wines from 25 states. The professional wine judges represented trade, education, media, retail, and restaurants throughout the United States, “This ...
As we welcome 2012, we decided to look back at some of our favorite wines from 2011 as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Bottles were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 submissions were required to create a category.) Based on the wines ...
To close out our wine coverage for 2011, we decided to round up some of our favorite bottles from the past year as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Submissions were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 different bottles were required to create ...
To close out our wine coverage for 2011, we decided to round up some of our favorite bottles from the past year as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Submissions were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 submissions were required to create a category.) ...
Carolyn Wente, CEO and Fourth Generation Winegrower of America’s oldest continuously owned and operated winery, is pleased to announce that her family business has received the 2011 American Winery of the Year award from Wine Enthusiast magazine. Wente Family Estates is comprised of Wente Vineyards, Murrieta’s Well and Tamás Estates as well as ...
The Hess Collection has earned a Best of Wine Tourism regional award from the Great Wine Capitals Global Network, and will advance for consideration in the international award to be announced in Mainz | Rheinhessen, Germany later this month. Hess was selected as the Art & Culture choice “because of its continued success and leadership ...
Who: Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association & Santa Cruz County Fair What: Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Tasting featuring the award winning wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains Commercial Wine Competition. When: Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Where: Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Ag/Harvest Building Contact: SCMWA 831/685-VINE (8463) ...
Join Sunset Wine Editor Sara Schneider and Sunset Editor-in-Chief Katie Tamony for one of the weekend’s most anticipated events. The Sunset Western Wine Awards are recognized as the highest honor for Western winemakers and focus solely on wines produced in the West. Sunset’s panel of professional judges includes Western wine writers, sommeliers, and winemakers. ...
Passport to Dry Creek Valley is an annual event showcasing the wineries, vineyards and exceptional beauty of Dry Creek...
A celebration of award-winning food and wine grown on California’s scenic Central Coast. Barrel tastings, cooking demonstrations, live music,...
