Tag Archives: Napa Valley

Kids + Wine = Great Cause

Kids + Wine = Great Cause

Get ready, I am going to share one of the best kept secrets on how to get your hands on some of Napa Valley’s finest and rarest wines. So here is what you do: you enroll your child (provided you have school aged children) or you could borrow someone else’s, and enroll them in a Napa Valley school and then wait 6 months for their school fundraiser wine auction to roll around and then attend and bid on some incredible wine lots. Or you wait until June when you hop aboard your private Gulfstream V jet to attend the yearly Napa Valley wine auction, where you rub elbows with Jay Leno, Terry Hatcher, and Francis Ford Coppola and bid $100,000 for 2 bottles of wine. Or you regularly read vintuba.com and wait for ChrisO to give you the inside scoop on how to bid by proxy at upcoming school fundraising auctions.

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Vintuba Podcast 13 what we’ve been drinking review 4

Vintuba Podcast 13 what we’ve been drinking review 4

In Episode 13 ChrisO and JonM have successfully returned from the desert, yes we were fools enough to try and do a video wine review from Death Valley!  Unfortunately the copious amounts of sand got the better of our camera and we were not able complete our mission. So in its place we bring you [...]

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Holiday Wines- sure to awaken you from your mono-varietal zombie state

Here are three wines that I think should be on your holiday list, if not on your table. If you are looking for the old school predictable holiday wine recommendation I suggest you look elsewhere.

Global #PortDay 2012

Global #PortDay 2012

This day is an opportunity for not only producers, but wine educators, geeks, blogs, mainstream media, and the general public to put down their Cabernet and Chardonnay and join in a global celebration and education centered around Port.

Global #ChampagneDay October 28th 2011 – A Thank You

Global #ChampagneDay October 28th 2011 – A Thank You

The 2nd annual 2011 installment of #ChampagneDay was off to a roaring start. I received too many email to count from countless individuals, wine educators, businesses and producers on how they could participate. What excited me most about this is that many wanted to host events and organize get-together in their local area, which was exactly what I had envisioned for this day all along, people getting together to celebrate, educate, enjoy, and most of all build relationships. I was fortunate to hosted an event with Master Sommelier Andrea Immer Robinson here in Napa at the Westin Verasa.

The ‘tastes like chicken’ phenomenon that is killing terroir!

The ‘tastes like chicken’ phenomenon that is killing terroir!

Is it not time that we do the lesser known regions and the new world wine world the favor of stopping the comparisons to their old world brethren? After all, the only thing that truly taste like chicken is chicken!…

First Day in Bordeaux

First Day in Bordeaux

I am in Bordeaux and I invite you to join me virtually as I submerse myself in all things Bordeaux over the course of the next week.

Cuban Picadillo and Saffron Yellow Rice

Cuban Picadillo and Saffron Yellow Rice

This is an old family recipe that my grandmother used to treat us to when we lived in Florida and reminds me of the rich Cuban traditions that were such a big part of my culinary awakening and that still continue to influence me. Invite some friends over grab a couple or three bottles of wine (see my recommendations below) and spoil them with this dish; you will be the talk of the supper club circuit.

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