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Wine and dine at the LA County Fair

30. August 2010

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Wine and dine at the LA County Fair

It’s almost time. Time for the LA County Fair and copious amounts of deep fried foods, gadgets galore, musical performances by yesterday’s favorite bands, edge of your seat horse racing, rides and carnival games, and of course, the wine and beer gardens. We’re especially excited to try one of this years newest fair foods, the [...]

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LA Magazine – The Food Event

27. August 2010

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LA Magazine – The Food Event

This past year certainly hasn’t been void of wonderful food events to spend your hard earned money on. Some of them have gotten pretty pricey, charging upwards of $300 plus for tickets. Exclusive and as fabulous as they are, it’s just too much to spend when sampling small dishes from various chefs. In comes Learn [...]

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Food Trucks roll out at 55 Degree Wine

10. August 2010

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Food Trucks roll out at 55 Degree Wine

What do you get when you mix beer and wine pairings from 55 Degree Wine in Atwater Village, food trucks, and warm summer evenings? You get good times. Starting tonight with the ever popular Grilled Cheese Truck, then every Wednesday night after that, they will feature a different truck paired with beers and wines down [...]

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Sunday Sessions at Palate Food + Wine

10. August 2010

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Sunday Sessions at Palate Food + Wine

A burger that sounds good and a burger that is good don’t always go hand in hand. We’ve ordered enough meat and buns off restaurant menus to know this. But every once in a while you get one of those wow burgers. A burger that you tell people about. A burger that makes your mouth [...]

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Wine Spectator’s Grand Award Winners announced for Los Angeles

25. July 2010

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Wine Spectator’s Grand Award Winners announced for Los Angeles

Wine Spectator magazine has released it’s 2010 list of Grand Award winners, honoring restaurants around the globe for it’s extraordinary wine programs. This award, only given out to 75 restaurants around the world, was first established in 1981. Those that made the list in LA… Patina of course, along with Spago and Valentino. Other California [...]

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Win tickets to wine & cupcakes from Greer’s OC

18. July 2010

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Win tickets to wine & cupcakes from Greer’s OC

On July 24th (1-5pm) Keith Saarloos and Dig Lounge are headed south to the OC, serving up 5 of Keith’s new releases, and pairing them with 4 delectable bite size cupcakes from Enjoy Cupcakes. Like Chocolate Blackberry Syrah, Strawberry Delight, Meyer Lemon Chardonnay and Chocolate Cheesecake. You can win tickets to the event thanks to [...]

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Wine country dining at Hoover’s Beef Palace

13. July 2010

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Wine country dining at Hoover’s Beef Palace

There’s nothing I love more before a day of wine tasting (or the day after wine tasting) than a solid base of greasy spoon bacon, eggs, corned beef and hash. Every wine country destination has their own greasy spoon. You just have to go searching a little. Santa Barbara has the Cajun Kitchen, Napa has [...]

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Saarloos & Sons and Enjoy Cupcakes coming to the OC

7. July 2010

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Saarloos & Sons and Enjoy Cupcakes coming to the OC

On July 24th (1-5pm) Keith Saarloos and Dig Lounge are headed south to the OC, serving up 5 of Keith’s new releases, and pairing them with 4 delectable bite size cupcakes from Enjoy Cupcakes. Like Chocolate Blackberry Syrah, Strawberry Delight, Meyer Lemon Chardonnay and Chocolate Cheesecake. No need to drive 100+ miles to Santa Barbara, [...]

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Q&A with winemaker Victor Abascal of Vines on the Marycrest

6. July 2010

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Q&A with winemaker Victor Abascal of Vines on the Marycrest

Los Angeles native Victor Abascal got his start with grape growing in the hills of Culver City. But it’s Paso Robles where he’s perfected his passion for great wine. It’s a small operation at Vines on the Marycrest. Victor makes his wines with vintage and borrowed equipment (even water) and plain old hard work. But [...]

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2010 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition

13. June 2010

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2010 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition

The LA International Wine & Spirits Competition is the oldest running wine and spirits competition. In existence for 71 years (since the end of prohibition!), the event features over 3000 wines judged by 75 leading international wine experts from across the globe. From wines created by sports’ stars, to sweet wines, reds, whites, and international [...]

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