Tag Archives: Wine Tasting

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The Urban Sonoma Experience

Editor's Note: Our friend Iris Neal Allen took a group of Urban Wineauxs to California last month for the Association of African American Vintners' 7th Annual Symposium. Here is her account of the event. By now most people know that I ...

Taste Live! Tuesday: California Chardonnay

The Judgement of Paris put California Chardonnay on the map. In 1976, British wine merchant Steven Spurrier organized a wine competition that pitted top-quality Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay wines from France and California in a blind tasting. Wine geeks and ...

Celebrate Sauvignon Blanc Day!

Joe likes to tell people that he rescued me from becoming a Cat Lady. You know the stereotype: the over-40 single woman whose constant companions are an every-increasing number of cats. She may just leave food out on the ...

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Robert Parker is NOT responsible for Kenny G!

In April of 1970 Miles Davis released one of the truly unique, original and influential albums of all time. Bitches Brew took listeners places no one even knew existed until Davis showed the way. Unlike the "cool" Miles Davis of ...

Brenner’s to host Napa v. Sonoma Wine Fest in Houston

Napa Valley or Sonoma County. Which California wine region produces better wines? Brenner's Steakhouse on the Bayou in Houston hopes guests will "settle the dispute" at what is billed the Second Annual Wine Fest, scheduled for 3:00 to 6:00 ...