CommunityCommunityEscondidoNewsTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Cheers for craft beersFrank MangioJuly 12, 2016July 12, 2016 July 12, 2016July 12, 20160388 More than 4,000 breweries now operate in the U.S., including more than 100 in the San Diego County area and over 400 in California. The...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: The top 10 tastes — The first half of 2016Frank MangioJune 28, 2016 June 28, 20160622 Welcome to the hardest test of my experience as a wine taster and commentator of wine:...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Rhonies find another favorite in Gerard BertrandFrank MangioJune 21, 2016 June 21, 20160340 If you want to call me a Rhonie, I guess I’m guilty as charged. In case you just dropped in from Mars, the Rhone Valley...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: There’s wine in them there Texas hillsFrank MangioJune 14, 2016 June 14, 20160290 Before we get to my journey into the wine country of “Planet” Texas, allow me the indulgence of a goodbye salute to Florence Boggs...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Big Red Fest on the De Portola TrailTony CagalaJune 6, 2016June 10, 2016 June 6, 2016June 10, 20160584 Have you seen and tasted wine on the De Portola Trail these days?...
CommunityCommunityEscondidoTaste of WineTaste of Wine: San Diego wineries stage coming out partyFrank MangioMay 31, 2016May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016May 31, 20160989 As I write this column, today is National Wine Day. No one that I know has the day off; there are no big celebrations or...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Dolce’s new location is sweet diningFrank MangioMay 23, 2016May 24, 2016 May 23, 2016May 24, 20160460 About five years ago, old world Italian wines and cuisine came to Rancho Santa Fe with the romantic name...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: When jazz & wine meet, it’s at Thornton’s Champagne JazzFrank MangioMay 17, 2016May 17, 2016 May 17, 2016May 17, 20160430 For the love of jazz and wine!...
CarlsbadCommunityCommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: France vs. California — again at RELMFrank MangioMay 9, 2016 May 9, 20160338 RELM is a Carlsbad Village focal point for inquiring minds that are thirsty for the latest in wine and beer, in a bistro setting....
Taste of WineTaste of Wine: In Italy the wines are everywhereFrank MangioMay 3, 2016 May 3, 20161319 Italians have a nice little saying that would be good to earmark in your search for a fulfilling life of good wine and good friends:...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Mike Grgich turns 93 — makes more wine historyFrank MangioApril 26, 2016 April 26, 201601039 The evening of April 2 at La Quinta Resort will always be a special time and place....
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Vin Diego serves up primo vinoFrank MangioApril 19, 2016 April 19, 20160505 Dave Fraschetti, producer of Vin Diego, delivered again in this, the fourth annual two-day, only wine and food festival, held recently at Liberty Station in...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Wiens Wines: It’s all in the familyFrank MangioApril 11, 2016 April 11, 201601105 On a recent tour of the growing Temecula Valley wine country, our final stop brought to mind the first time I had laid eyes on...
Community CommentaryTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Family Winemakers a family traditionFrank MangioApril 4, 2016 April 4, 201601015 Family Winemakers is an association set up in 1990 to give the smaller winemaker a chance for success in the marketplace, to loosen up the...
CommunityTaste of WineTaste of Wine: Along Temecula’s De Portola Wine TrailFrank MangioMarch 28, 2016 March 28, 20160633 During my peripatetic years pursuing the ultimate “TASTE OF WINE,” I have been privileged to immerse myself in some world-class places....