Grenache: the Prequel
While the Rhône Ranger were pouring grenache next door, Jeff Emery—one of the stellar grenache makers in the region—was busily forklifting grapes for his 2012 vintages, from truck to cellar. Those are Jeff's just picked Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard grapes posing...
Getting Doon after hours
Do some wineries have all the fun? or does it just seem that way..... At the annual Day of the Doon celebration for Bonny Doon Vineyard wine club members, Randall Grahm and company finished off the impressive, multi-course meal created by chef Ryan Shelton and pastry...
Pepperfest? You bet!
PEPPERFEST! Saturday, October 6th, Westside Farmers Market. You know that pepper season is in full swing, so why not have an entire party to honor the brilliantly-hued vegetable? That was a rhetorical question, btw. PepperFest will dazzle your Saturday, as will the...
Tart & Pink……apples
Stupendously tart, crisp and perfumed with a wine scent, these lovely Pink Pearl apples absolutely made our day one recent lunchtime. From a local Watsonville grower, they were discovered at New Leaf market. Beyond even Gala, Braeburn and Newtown.
A Transformative Parsifal
In his final opera, Parsifal—whose motifs had been built over a thirty-year period—Wagner fulfilled his vision of operatic "music theater" as something that would go far beyond the classical notion of a drama told in song and music. The Parsifal of this season's...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.