Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Jaap van der Plas Post Time: 04-01-2007 at 10:48 AM

We are here in Montclair Village, a subburb of Oakland. The 6th annual Montclair Village Wine & Jazz is about to begin. Come by the Twisted table if you have plans to attend. There are 24 wineries under one large tent, we're the cats with the rubber chickens! Meowwwww! 1 ...

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Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Peter Michael Post Time: 02-05-2008 at 01:59 PM

I haven't posted much in the past several days because I've been busy running around doing this and that, and have been emailing dozens of people about Vinitaly and other wine-related matters. One first in my long life was to...

I was drinking some strong coffee this morning and checking out our 1 when this posting in Wine Conversations interested me: 1. Where do I begin? You probably think that I never have them, being a wine expert of varying degrees. But yes. Oh yes.

Yeah, sure, this event is all about the great wines. And we could do a whole blog post waxing rhapsodic about any number of wines, like the 2001 Yquem. (Confession: We didn't spit it. So what--neither does Pierre Lurton , who runs the estate.) But we also appreciate a good ...

Saturday was a gorgeous day, perfect for barrel tasting, or at least that's what the hundreds of people who came out for the event seemed to think. I spent Saturday meandering around the Russian River Valley - mostly Westside Road, River Road and Olivet Lane sort of area, checking out ...

When I am able to find some time away from the 1 kitchen, I love to visit wineries, meet with winemakers, and taste great wines. One of the challenges for me during these visits is not to get drunk, since I never spit what I taste. It's obviously an impossible ...

I've been very busy the past few days, no time to sit and write. Or even to think about it much. Here are a few scenes from the jumble of my brain. At 'inoteca on Rivington Street yesterday with the lovely and talented Robin Stark, in from San Diego for ...