On Monday march 22, 40 Napa Valley Vintners will join LearnAboutWine, Takami Sushi and Elevate for a night of fun and energetic wine tasting. Elevate DJ’s will provide the soundtrack for a great night of liquid entertainment and small bites will be made available from Takami Sushi for a small additional fee. The event [...]
Continue reading...8. March 2010
Ventura County is slowly becoming a a wine country destination for wine lovers all over Southern California. It’s wineries range from an antique winery on a working 2,000 acre cattle ranch complete with a relaxing picnic area, to a state-of-the-art wine making facilities. With 10 different wineries (and more coming) on the Ventura County Wine [...]
Continue reading...22. February 2010
It’s not your typical match up on a blind date. In-N-Out Burger and 20 different cabs. But yet Ian Blackburn’s LearnAboutWine loft in downtown LA is anything but your typical wine class. Ian’s knowledge of wine, it’s regions, makers, vintages, and grapes is astonishing. I envy his passion for wine and his love of sharing [...]
Continue reading...1. February 2010
Those looking for a fun day of tasting and wine education need not drive 90 min to Temecula, or 2 hours to Santa Barbara. Simply look in your own backyard. At San Antonio Winery, located just steps north of Downtown LA, is surrounded by light industry and artists lofts. Their quaint (and free!) tasting room [...]
Continue reading...25. January 2010
As much as we love wine here at Dig Lounge, it would admonish people every time I said I hadn’t been to Napa. We’ve been to Temecula, Santa Barbara, Paso, the Sierra Foothills, and even France and Tuscany to taste wine, with Chili and Argentina up next. But we had yet to take the trip [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2010
Here’s another great wine event, this time being put on by the folks over at DrinkEatPlay. The International Wine Festival, taking place on January 23 from 5-8pm, will feature dozens of wine from countries around the world. We’re talking Italian, German, Brazilian, South African, Spanish, Australian, Israeli, French, and New Zealand just to name a [...]
Continue reading...12. January 2010
Vinoteque on Melrose invites you to join them for for the ultimate wine journey. Indulge in wine and comfort food as sommelier Ryan Hess leads you through an interactive exploration of various regions while imparting the history of spectacular wines from the grape to the glass. The class is every Tuesday at 6PM and is [...]
Continue reading...11. January 2010
A City of Los Angeles Historical Landmark, the San Antonio Winery was established in 1917 and it’s been serving up great wines to Angelinos ever since. If you haven’t been to experience it for yourself, this is the perfect excuse to finally check it out. As San Antonio Winery presents “Wine 101: Introduction to Wine [...]
Continue reading...7. January 2010
Hooray for more wine events in LA! Pinot Days brings their Pinot loving events to So Cal for the first time ever Thursday January 14th through Sunday the 17th with a series of tastings and dinners. The main event is Sunday’s Grand Tasting, showcasing over 75 phenomenal producers of pinot noir. Sample up to 400 [...]
Continue reading...21. December 2009
With the recent passing of Roy Disney I started thinking about our very special dinner in the legendary Club 33. Situated above the Blue Bayau, a restaurant that’s hard to get into itself, is Walt Disney’s exclusive dining club. Located at 33 Royal Street in New Orleans Square, Disney built the restaurant as a place [...]
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16. March 2010
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