Brentwood! Wine Tasting With Award Winning Tensley Wines – Friday March 15th, 2024 6pm-7:30pm. (FULLY RESERVED)

Dear wine lover We hope your 2024 is off to happy and healthy start. If you participated in Dry January, like we did – congratulations! Either way, it’s time to taste wine!! Join us for a gorgeous and super rare Brentwood Wine Experience at the tasting room of award winning Tensley Wines! Winemaker Joey Tensley’s wines include a host of accolades including Wine Spectator’s Top 100 wines, multiple 90+ point scores by Robert Parker and Jeb Dunnuck to name a few. We will enjoy a guided tasting through no less than five Tensley wines for this gathering. Small bites as well. After the… Read More

Fred Franzia, champion of affordable wine who conceived ‘Two Buck Chuck,’ dies at 79

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Entrepreneur-slash-sommelier Kristin Olszewski discusses the importance of sustainability, her favorite places to drink in LA, and more Kristin Olszewski is the wine director at Gigi’s in Hollywood, founder and CEO of canned wine company Nomadica, and host of this month’s Eater Wine Club. The wine aficionado majored in sustainable agriculture in college before embarking on pre-med studies at Harvard; during her time in Cambridge, she met the owner of a wine bar who sparked her passion for the drink. She dropped out of school to earn a Level 3 sommelier certification and… Read More

Everything Under the Sun in Santa Barbara | Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Santa Barbara is where wine country meets the big city. Go inland to explore the Central Coast’s wine scene or check out downtown’s cultural destinations. Source: Everything Under the Sun in Santa Barbara | Wine Enthusiast Magazine

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{Beverly Hills Wine Club – Ahh, the central coast wine region has so much to offer…here’s another area to add to a future tasting tour} Largely overlooked, the Arroyo Grande and Edna Valleys illustrate the triumphs and challenges faced by California’s many wine regions. Here’s what to know. Source: Getting to Know California’s Best Unsung Wine Regions | Wine Enthusiast Magazine