Life is too short to drink cheap, bad wine. Come to mention it, life is too short to eat bad burgers too. Combine those rules of life, and you get Corkbar in Downtown Los Angeles. Situated amongst the fancier lofts of South Park, just steps from the Staples Center, home of the Lakers, Kings, and [...]
Continue reading...17. March 2010
Not everyone has time to drive up to Santa Barbara for a day of tasting. So Dig Lounge is bringing the tasting room experience to Downtown LA! Join owner and winemaker Keith Saarloos of Saarloos & Sons Winery on April 10th from 1-5pm, as he takes you on a unique tasting experience right here in [...]
Continue reading...16. March 2010
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 space [...]
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 [...]
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24. March 2010
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