Cali Coast Wine Country
By now, we all know many COVID stories. The past year has brought immeasurable disruption, heartbreak and hard times, as well as surprising stories of survival, love and hope. In early March, 2020, local chef and caterer Michael Cherney and his wife Sarah got the keys to the building that would become their new, family-run …
With Santa Barbara Spiny Lobster season coming to an end, we spent the weekend celebrating this delicious treat. Finding fresh spiny lobster at local seafood markets can be difficult this time of year, but many markets and stores carry frozen traditional lobster from the North East as well as Australian spiny lobster tails. We decided …
Graveyard Vineyard makes a sparkling wine French Colombard and Chenin Blanc, from the central valley of California. This is an off-dry bubbly, meaning it's slightly sweet, making it perfect for pairing with desserts.
Winemaker Mike Sinor is the SLO Coast Champagne Renegade. Instead of focusing on traditional-method sparklers, he takes interesting varieties and the older, pared-down and simple, ancestrale method instead. Pétillant Naturel, or Pét-Nat, is an even more ancient way to make sparkling wine than the widely-used méthod traditionelle or méthod champenoise originated in Champagne, France. In …
The San Luis Obispo Coast Wine region (SLO Coast Wine) is one of California’s coolest wine growing regions. Their 30 wineries are an average of only 5 miles from the ocean! Coastal fog, wind, soil, and sun create wines refined by the Pacific’s influence. This makes for energetically acidic and complex wines, with a large …
Note: Bibi Ji may be subject to Stay-at-Home Orders, where they cannot offer dining. Thank goodness this Chicken Tikka is on their To-Go Menu! Indian-American sommelier Rajat Parr is widely known for his extensive knowledge and expertise of the world’s great wines, and for developing and managing wine programs for more than a dozen famous …
