The Rat ventures out into the hot, sun drenched vineyards to attend an outdoor tasting comparing warm and cool climate Chardonnays from Sonoma County, CA...

A few days ago, I hopped on the train here in Terrassa and headed down to Barcelona to have a peek at the wine shops available to me. I visited several, but I want to share my experience about one store in particular, a wine store that stood out from ...

Being that my trip to the States is coming to a rapid close, I decided that there was no better way to spend a beautiful fall evening than visiting one of a handful of Spanish Tapas Restaurants in the Northern suburb of Evanston, Illinois. Squeezed amongst the plethora of high ...

So who says cold beats hot when it comes to Syrah growing conditions? I used to but in RC 48 I find some killer Syrah right under my own nose in warm Dry Creek Valley. OK by me...

A few weeks ago, while I was in Minnesota, I made a quick dash into a wine store that I feel is a "must see" for those of you in the Twin Cities. Solo Vino, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, has been rated one of the best wine stores in ...

Just a reminder that next Thursday (May 22) Wine & Spirits magazine is coming to town with their Hot Picks event, to be held from 7-10 pm in the chic MODAA gallery in Culver City. You can click on the logo to the left for more information and to purchase a ticket online.For $75 you get a year's ... for their excellent taste and great value--which is bound to appeal to a GWU$20 reader. These wine picks...

We just got word about some of the wines that will be poured at the Wine & Spirits event on the 22nd of May, at Culver City’s MODAA gallery. We played no role in selecting the wine — that was all done by editors and staffers from Wine & Spirits, ...

! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAVE WATER. DRINK WINE: WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE’S ‘HOT PICKS’ EVENT ... and restaurants in the two-city tasting event HOT PICKS.  The tour will kickoff in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 7 - 10 pm.  LA HOT PICKS is set in MODAA Gallery, a world-class mixed use ... of water conservation issues, proceeds of LA HOT PICKS will benefit the Surfrider Foundation...

We’re going to be attending an event in May that we thought we’d give you a heads-up about…Wine & Spirits Magazine is featuring some great LA restaurants (Osteria Mozza, Comme Ca to name a couple) who will be serving food to pair with a selection of wines that their editors and critics have deemed “Hot Picks.” The focus is primarily on wines the staffers would serve themselves at dinner parties...

... is coming though, as events like the upcoming Wine & Spirits Hot Picks tasting clearly demonstrate ... . If some of you readers attend, let me know how it goes. Wine & Spirits Hot Picks Tasting...