Take a couple of friends, add locally-grown produce, artisan meats and biodynamic wine and serve it up right at sunset in a picture-perfect setting — and you’ve got Outstanding In The Field. I became aware of this organization when they held an event last year in my friends’ vineyard. It looked like a great concept, [...]
There’s a cool little wine store on Melrose near Highland known as domaineLA. It’s the brainchild of Jill Bernheimer, who in addition to being a Eph, also does fun things with wine. I don’t get there as often as I’d like, but I keep tabs on what’s happening there via the store’s facebook page. Jill’s [...]
Maybe it was sheer luck. Maybe it was fate. Whatever the force was that caused me to stumble across the website of LARail.com, I am grateful to it. For it introduced me to the Santa Barbara Vino Train. I knew I had to experience it when I read about it. And when I saw availability [...]
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Now that I think of it, I’ve been to this event 3 of the 8 times they’ve had it. This year I realized that it’s not really about finding and presenting quality wines for tasting. The volunteers manning the booths don’t really know what they’re pouring. Instead, it’s more an opportunity to drink average wine [...]
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My first visit to Tasca, two weeks ago, was by accident. I had to work in Downtown LA that day, and it was pouring rain. Rather than deal with a 2-hour freeway commute, I decided to see if L was free for dinner. As she was searching for places to try, she mentioned Tasca Wine [...]
Echo Park is a lot of things. It’s close to downtown; it’s got a lot of diversity; it’s got some pretty cool architecture and some interesting festivals. But a “great neighborhood”? While the American Planning Association seems to think so recently, I think that’s a bit of a stretch. Still, maybe they’re onto something. I [...]
