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What do you get when you mix wine and music with Memorial Weekend? You get four fun filled days of great wine, great local bands, and good times. The Ventura County Wine Trail is one road that may be less traveled by most Angelinos. At just 40 miles up the 101, it’s easy to pop [...]

Zuri Wine, known for their educational and entertaining wine tours and events is now offering what could be the most exciting trip of the summer for wine lovers on July 20th. The perfect day might go like this. You wake up and hop on a luxury coach headed for Los Olivos at 10am sharp. Along [...]

Cheese is a natural choice for wine pairing. We could live off cheese, wine, and cured meats alone. Maybe the French have something going there. Olive & Thyme, Burbank’s favorite gourmet cafe and marketplace is offering wine and cheese lovers a unique opportunity to rub elbows with cheesemonger Tyler Schwarz. Owner Melina Davies has hand-slected [...]

Temecula has changed quite a bit over the years. From rural wine country with family owned wineries, to a large suburban oasis of track homes, shopping centers and beautiful wine resorts, inns and spas. But it’s not like you can’t still find the family owned joints snuggled between places like Thornton, South Coast Winery and [...]

“Food is all about making memories,” explained Chef Michael Psilakis. He was speaking of an epiphany he had one day whilst grilling a whole lamb on a spit along with his brother and 2-year-old son. It seems that Buick was banking on this same sentiment when they created the Buick Discovery Tour a few years [...]

Osteria Drago is the newest Italian restaurant from Master Chef Celestino Drago. The perennial Drago has chosen the old Il Sole space, a comfortable neighborhood restaurant, and revamped it with a refreshing new look and features classic Italian dining. We are big fans of Chef Drago, often dining at his wonderful downtown Drago Centro. More [...]

I’ve been visiting the Temecula area since 2000. I’ve seen it grow from a dusty suburban community to sprawling track homes and shopping super centers. The same can be said of the Temecula Valley AVA. Small wineries started popping up in the 80′s, and have slowly been gobbled up by investors and turned into resort [...]

Join Southwest/Cahors Organic & Biodynamic wine producer Fabien Jouves and J-B Dhalluin from importer Return to Terroir, paired with the French gourmet cuisine of James Graham, chef and owner of Ba Restaurant in Highland Park. This local and sustainable restaurant will feature a delicious 3 course meal on Tuesday, September 4. For your first course, [...]

It’s that time of the year again. Time for deep fried goodies galore, grilled corn on the cob, horse races, farm animals, live music, award winning beer & wine, rides & carnival games, and as much gadget shopping as you can handle. It’s hard to imagine all that, wrapped up in a single day of [...]

Now that the pricey LA Food & Wine thingy is over, it’s time to start yearning for more affordable food festivals. In rolls Los Angeles Times The Taste coming this labor day weekend, September 1-3. Tickets are about a third of the price, and maybe the pedigree of celeb chefs isn’t as strong, but who [...]