Tag: Wine Mon, May 20, 2013
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Ask the Sommelier: Vin, Vino, Wine’s Rebecca Rapaszky
Wine Nov 30, 2010, by Stett Holbrook
Vin, Vino, Wine is a 25-year-old wine shop (regulars call it VVW) with a carefully chosen selection of wines from around the world. The store’s tasting bar is open five days a week and features a revolving lineup for six or more wines by the glass. Rebecca Rapaszky is the store’s manager and wine buyer.
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Food and Wine Events: Nov.22-Nov. 27
Nov 23, 2010, by Mariel Balderas
Taste of Compassion at Florentine restaurant, Nov. 22.
Try a new restaurant or a new dish at an old favorite while benefitting West Valley Community Services. Tickets are $24 with reservations or $26 at the door and 50 percent of the proceeds will benefit WVCS.Thanksgiving at the Plumed Horse, Nov. 25.
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Join Michelin-starred chef Peter Armellino on Nov. 25 for a four-course Thanksgiving menu with Armellino’s interpretation of the classics. Choices include kabocha squash soup with diver sea scallops, oven roasted turkey with the traditional accompaniments, roasted fall vegetable risotto or roast New York strip with a warm Valhrona chocolate fondant for dessert -
Wine Enthusiast magazine named J. Lohr Vineyards the finest American winery of the year. The tribute recognized the vineyard for its wines as well as its contributions to women’s health and for going green.
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Ask the Sommelier: Michael Guerra
Wine Oct 19, 2010, by Stett Holbrook
Ask the Sommelier checks in with Michael Guerra, co-owner of Enoteca La Storia, a new wine bar and shop in Los Gatos. The store celebrates the wines of Italy.
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Ask the Sommelier: Chris Kay
Wine Sep 02, 2010, by Stett Holbrook
Located on The Alameda in San Jose, Wine Affairs is a wine bar and retail shop that focuses on eclectic and small production wineries you’re not likely to find elsewhere. The bar also offers a wide range of wines by the glass dispensed from a high-tech machine that preserves the wines with nitrogen. The lineup of wines changes periodically and allows you to try before you buy. Certified sommelier Chris Kay is the shop’s wine buyer.
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