Orange County’s B. toffee and the OC Wine Mart in Irvine are teaming up to bring you a luxury toffee and wine tasting experience featuring wines from Justin Vineyards in Paso Robles. On Friday, June 7th, guests are invited to explore the flavor profiles of handcrafted toffee and artisanal cheese, with fine California wines, in [...]
THE HOTTEST CHEFS COOK TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN ORANGE COUNTY AND ACROSS AMERICA Laguna Beach, CA… Hot chefs, restaurants, and mixologists will gather for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation®, the city’s premier culinary benefit. Taste of the Nation Laguna Beach will raise critical funds needed to support Share Our Strength’s® efforts to [...]
Happy Cinco de Mayo! What better way to celebrate than with a tequila-based craft cocktail. Here is one we put together to battle those mad margaritas out there. It is fresh, fruity, citrusy and if you use an incredible tequila like we did, super smooth. Please let us know what you think. We are learning [...]
The grand tasting was held at Windfall Farms in Paso Robles, a 724-acre property, horse farm and event venue. The grand tasting was in one of the barns andset up so each of the 16 Paso CAB (Cabernet and Bordeaux) Collective memberwineries were stationed in separate stalls pouring their best wines. Many of them had [...]
Day two of the CABs of Distinction event started with a winemaker panel discussion moderated by Steve Heimoff, California editor of Wine Enthusiast and a tasting of the panelists’ signature wines. Panelists included: Gary Eberle, owner/enologist of Eberle Winery Scott Shirley, winemaker for JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery Kevin Willenborg, winemaker for Vina Robles Steve Peck, [...]
We were invited to the inaugural CABs of Distinction event created by the Paso Robles CAB (Cabernet and Bordeaux) Collective (PRCC), a grass-roots collaboration of wineries to create better awareness of the Cabernet and Bordeaux varietals produced in the Paso Robles appellation. Current members include: ADELAIDA Cellars, B&E Vineyard, Chateau Margene, DAOU Vineyards & Winery, [...]
We were invited to try out the newest Bruxie now open in Downtown Huntington Beach. Love the location and as always the food was incredible. The restaurant, which focuses on a menu of more than a dozen savory and sweet gourmet waffle sandwich offerings, will be located one block East of PCH at The Strand [...]
Now in it’s fourth year, the California Wine Festival (CWF) has found a sunny beachside home in the quaint coastal town of Dana Point in Orange County. This year’s Wine Fest takes place April 19-20, and Executive Director Don Fritzen said, “We’re expecting another great Festival in Orange County this year!” “Orange County has 3 [...]
June 8th, 2013 from 3pm to 7pm, Bobby Navarro of 100eats.com is collaborating with Evan Price of Noble Ale Works and Leonard Chan of The Iron Press will be coming together to create an aesthetically appealing beer garden. Up to 25 breweries from the West Coast will be paired with ten of Orange County’s [...]
Chef Noah Blom’s American roast house features new menu focusing on scratch cooking and sourcing from local artisan producers ARC, Orange County’s unique American roast house, introduces three new menus for spring, including new lunch selections, a Saturday and Sunday brunch menu, and a new seasonal cocktail list. Chef Noah Blom’s focus remains on [...]
