WINE

Cooper’s Hawk Winery

  Named Top U.S. Winery, Announce Partnerships with Celebrity Talent and Events :    Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, a lifestyle brand centered around wine, announces three major milestones: a three-year designation as the Official Wine Partner of the Screen Actors Guild Awards ® , its first-ever inclusion in Wine Business Monthly’s annual ranking of […]

Hello Kitty Wine

The highly sought after collection of Hello Kitty wines, produced by Torti “L’Eleganza del Vino” Wines, returns to the U.S. with its popular varietals with updated packaging designs and two new blends. The Hello Kitty wine lineup now includes a new, award-winning Pinot Noir (recipient of the prestigious Vinitaly 5 Star Wines award in 2017), a new “Sweet Pink” blend, […]

Hellfire in Wine Country 

By Matt Villard It’s been over a month now since devastating wildfires erupted in Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties and burned over 200,000 acres.  That’s over 313 square miles, or nearly the size of San Diego, worth of charred and destroyed land. The toll on the wine industry was, and still is huge.  23 properties […]

Wine by Design × Houston Astros 

To celebrate the Houston Astros World Series championship, Wine by Design, the exclusive wine licensee of Major League Baseball, is delivering a limited-edition World Series Championship Brut with Rack & Riddle. Rack & Riddle, one of the largest custom wine operations nationwide specializing in sparkling wine, has created the Houston Astros World Series sparkling wine. […]

Carr Winery, Santa Barbara, 360 MAGAZINE, Lexus, GS F, Vaughn Lowery

CARR WINERY SANTA BARBARA 

“Work hard, play hard and source really good fruit… it all starts from the fruit!” – Jessica Carr By Vaughn Lowery Since 1999, Owner/Winemaker/Sommelier Ryan Carr and wife Jessica Carr have been developing an impeccable assortment of Pinot wines – crisp, juicy and delicious. Established in downtown Santa Barbara, their main tasting room is inside […]

Wine Spectator’s 2017 Restaurant Awards

Attention, wine lovers around the world! Wine Spectator has released the winners of the 2017 Restaurant Awards, which recognizes the world’s best wine lists. This year, the Restaurant Awards program honors 3,592 dining destinations from all 50 states in the U.S. and more than 75 countries internationally. The Restaurant Awards began in 1981, and there […]

Bordeaux 101 – Bitesize Guide

By Ilona Thompson Bordeaux, France’s most high-profile wine region, is located in southwestern France, just the north of the Aquitaine region. The city is built on a bend of the river Garonne, and is divided into two parts: the right bank to the east and left bank in the west. At the center of it all is […]