LifestylePlease The Palate January 2025 Newsletter
Happy New Year! Happy 2025! Looking back at 2024, there was a lot of travel. I traveled a total of 135 days, which was 1/3 of...
07 January, 2025
-
Lifestyle
Love Bubbles? Here Are Four Affordable Italian Sparkling Wines For Your Holiday Table
Sparkling wines are thought to be wines of celebration. While I am a huge proponent of drinking sparkling wine year round, there is more sparkling...
19 December, 2024
Let’s Go Wine Tasting in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, the "city vines", has a long history with wine. Even before California became part of the United States, Los Angeles was poised to...
10 December, 2024
Wine Tasting Along Santa Rosa Road – The Wine Road Less Traveled
On your next trip to the Sta. Rita Hills AVA in the Santa Ynez Valley, go wine tasting along Santa Rosa Road and take the...
19 November, 2024
Explore the Hidden Gems of Emilia-Romagna with a Day Trip from Bologna to Romagna
Italy is a popular travel destination and the most popular cities, such as Florence, Venice, and Rome, will be filled with tourists. If you are...
15 October, 2024
Please The Palate Fall 2024 Newsletter
Fall is officially here. And with the arrival of October, some people may call the month "Sober October" as they anticipate "Dry January". While I...
01 October, 2024
Please The Palate Pick of The Week: Drinking Wine with Coravin Visionary and Founder Greg Lambrecht
One of the items that got me through Covid was my Coravin Preservation Wine System. And I have been using it ever since. When I...
28 September, 2024
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Celebrating Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley of Hitching Post Wines at La Paulée Dinner at Sta. Rita Hills Wine & Fire Weekend 2024
Long tables were set up forming a large rectangle. Numerous wine glasses sat at each seat. We took our seats and the wine started flowing....
17 August, 2024
Troon Vineyard Offers A Viable Example for All Wineries
Today’s wine consumer is placing new demands on the wine industry that reflect broader trends in consumer preferences and societal needs. For many, sustainability and...
13 August, 2024
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Dinner at Panther Ridge Vineyard and Three Expressions of Pinot Noir
Located 1,000 feet up on Sonoma Mountain, Panther Ridge Vineyard sits above Sonoma Valley on the eastern edge of the Petaluma Gap. Looking out from...
27 July, 2024