Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Paso Robles Wine Merchant After a day of wine tasting in Paso Robles, downtown Paso Robles is usually the place to go. The charming square is filled with restaurants... 19 March, 2022
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: World of Pinot Noir 2022 The last public event I attended in 2020 before Covid had us all lockdown was World of Pinot Noir in Santa Barbara. Two years later,... 12 March, 2022
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: South of Somewhere: Wine, Food and the Soul of Italy by Robert Camuto I love to read. But I cannot seem to find a lot of time to read a book these days. I start them, get distracted... 05 March, 2022
A Wine Journey Through Piemonte, Italy This past September, I took a two week trip to Piemonte, Italy. What started as a trip to visit my best friend for belated birthday... 22 February, 2022
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: The Paring Canned Wines – Chardonnay, Rosé, and Pinot Noir When I think of going to a stadium for a sports game, I think of beer, hotdogs and pretzels. But at the Super Bowl at... 19 February, 2022
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Outstanding in the Field Dinner at Dos Pueblos Orchid Farm The sky was a bright blue and the sun was shining as we drove up the coast last weekend from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara.... 12 February, 2022
Dreaming about La Raia Winery in Gavi, Italy Traveling is not as regular as it used to be for me but luckily I was able to go to Italy last September for a... 08 February, 2022
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Tamarindos Mexican Farm to Table in San José del Cabo, Mexico When my friends invited me to join them in San José del Cabo, Mexico for the weekend to celebrate a birthday, I did not hesitate.... 05 February, 2022
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Cocktail Cadre T-shirts, Masks, and More Celebrating Favorite Cocktails To construct a cocktail, you start with the basic components - the base, the modifier, and the flavoring. From this foundation of three ingredients, you... 29 January, 2022
Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Wine Becomes A TV Star on Grand Crew and Promised Land Growing up, wine was not part of daily conversation or something people waxed poetic about. But I have since spent more than 20 years studying,... 22 January, 2022