The harvest has started in Livermore Valley and I could not be more excited. Year after year the wine seems to get better and better and I think the 2016 vintage could be the best yet! Of course, we still have to wait a while before tasting this year’s wine, but one thing you don’t have to wait for is the Harvest Wine Celebration!
Congratulations to the winners of Thursday night’s Annual Quest for Pairing Excellence and thank you to everyone who participated! Let’s not delay… here are the winners who make your cooking look like it needs improvement, or is that just me?
Taste Our Terroir is less than two weeks away and I am excited. Why am I so excited? To put it in one word, Taste Our Terroir is awesome, inspiring, delicious, worth-throwing-your-diet-out-the-window fun! Ok, so maybe I can’t exactly describe why I love Taste Our Terroir in one word, but here are some of the things I’m looking forward to in next week’s event.
With Taste Our Terroir less than a month away we sat down with a few of the participating restaurants to hear about what makes for the perfect pairing and what trials and tribulations they endured as they started their careers.
Today is the first day of my favorite season. Happy summer to all! With any new season I think it’s important to write a list of things to accomplish, so without further ado here’s my bucket list for the summer.
Taste Our Terroir is less than two months away and I have been daydreaming about this event pretty much since it ended last year. For those of you who don’t know what this is, here’s a quick rundown. It’s ten events over four days that focus on Livermore Valley’s terroir. What is terroir? I thought the same thing too the first time I saw the word and no, it’s not a dog. In a nutshell, it’s the characteristic taste and flavor imparted to a wine by the environment in which it is produced. Check out this quick video for how to pronounce it.
We are proud to announce that the fabulous Livermore Valley wineries won a total of 62 medals at Tri-Valley Conservancy’s Livermore Valley Uncorked! Wine Competition this year! This is a true testament to the hard work that our winemakers put in and the quality of the wine that they are creating. Find the complete list below and be sure to come taste at our fabulous Livermore Valley wineries!
You may have heard that California has a bit of a drought situation going on. With Earth Day right around the corner, I thought it’d be the perfect time to get Down to Earth with a few fun activities:
Tasting wine from a barrel is a rare opportunity that anyone can step out of the role of wine taster and peek into what it is to be a winemaker. Winemakers taste from the barrel not only to check if it is ready for bottling, but also to make sure nothing is spoiled, or when they are considering which wines to blend together.
This year Valentine’s Day is a double-whammy! Not only is it the holiday of love, it’s a three-day weekend, all the more reason to go big. Haven’t planned what you’re going to do yet? Fear not, we have five ways for you to win Valentine’s Day this year.
