Wine Talk

Chocolate + Wine Pairing

Do Wine & Chocolate pair well together? Despite the people's love for both wine and chocolate, when they are paired together they often fight on your ‘palate. If you were to listen to "the experts," they would...Read more

Campo Creek Vineyards opens new Poway Tasting Room

While out and about for the holiday season festivities, I came across a newly opened San Diego Winery Tasting Room in Poway. So I decided to stop in and give these wines a try. The host Paul was super approachable,...Read more

What Is a Wine Vintage?

Vintage is the year in which the grapes were grown and harvested.

A wine’s vintage can be a great indicator of the taste and quality of th bottle contents. This is because the weather of a wine region can...Read more

How to Open Champagne in 5 Easy Steps

Use the steps below to open a bottle of Champagne or any Sparkling Wine.

Step 1: Chill bottle

Either pop your bottle into a refrigerator a few hours before you plan to open the it & then into the freeze...Read more

What is Wine?

Wine is an alcoholic drink, made from fermented grape juice.

Wine can be made with any fruit (i.e. apples, cranberries, plums, etc), but the wine most people drink is made with "wine grapes".

Wine...Read more

San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival - 2017

As one of the largest wine and food festivals on the west coast, the 2017 San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival was a spectacular gathering of wine lovers who enjoy an epicurean experience unlike any other. This year’s...Read more

2017 was a Vintage of Flame!

This 2017 Harvest in the Northern Hemisphere will go down in history as a “Vintage of Flame.” Major devastating wild fires in the hearts of California, Oregon, Washington, Portugal, and Spain wine country. There are...Read more

An Evening with: J Vineyards & Winery

This evening’s program of the San Diego Wine Guild was ‘J Vineyards & Winery’ and had been the topic of several conversations in previous meetings, because they were bringing & presenting several sparkling...Read more

Comparing Malbecs

This month’s meeting of the San Diego Chapter of the American Wine Society was themed, Malbec’s from around the World. It was scheduled for 5-6 wines, then boosted to 8 right before the meeting and with member...Read more

Local Wine Store Vino Tastings

When you begin exploring the world of wine, there is a lot to choose from. Do yogurt a red, white or bubbles? Do you focus on a specific region, the popular varietals or type of wine? If your not sure, you a far from...Read more

 
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