Beautifully complex Washington wines
Hope you enjoyed my recent wine voyage to southern Oregon in the last edition. The next stop on my wine journey is Washington, the...
The New Oregon Trail
Oregon wine country used to be so easy. All one needed to know was the Willamette Valley with wineries focusing on Pinot Noir in...
Wine gems at Café Fiore
What makes a restaurant a wine lover’s destination? It usually starts with an owner who has a passion for wine and a willingness to...
A Tour of Spain
Ready for a vino-focused regional tour of Spain? To do this tour right, we have to cover the main regions and their signature wines,...
California’s great growths
In exceptional European wine regions, such as Burgundy and Bordeaux in France and Borolo in Italy, top vineyards are titled as such and specialize...
Dynamic fusion at Fredrick’s
Fusion cuisine can be defined as combining widely differing ethnic or regional ingredients, styles or techniques. Some synonyms, which seem particularly relevant tying together...
Wines for outdoor summer concerts
What better opportunity to see what wines Tahoe bon vivants are imbibing than at our outdoor summer concerts. A recent Sunday brought super-soulful funkmasters...
Sensory heaven at Evan’s
Nestled in a quaint Tahoe cabin in South Lake Tahoe stands a food and wine retreat that is the top Zagat-rated dining experience in...
Great brews at Alibi Ale Works
Alibi Ale Works in Incline Village is a cool, new addition to our craft-brew scene and one of the bearers of the much-loved Tahoe...
Argentina: Real Mountain Wines
It’s all the rage in the wine world to talk about wines of origin and the trendiest of terroirs are those from high-mountain locations....