The Joycup Co was at the Earth Day Food and Wine Festival this year, sharing their little chocolate cups of JOY! Owner and creator, Danna Joy took some time to chat with us, and even hooked us up with some of her little treats. Danna has been living in the SLO County for 24 … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
Chamisal: Wine from the Happiest Place on Earth
We stopped to check out Chamisal Vineyards in Edna Valley (on Orcutt Rd. in the San Luis Obispo area) and were definitely not disappointed. A gorgeous spot located amongst the rolling hills of vineyards in the “Happiest place on Earth” (Oprah said so). This place has a … [Read more...]
The Smallest Wine Tasting Room in the World???
Another stop on our Los Olivos wine tasting adventure was Carhartt Vineyards Tasting Room. This rustic, and incredibly small shack is such a cool spot…Brooke and Mike Carhartt refer to it as the smallest tasting room in the world, and it quite possibly could be at 99 square … [Read more...]
The Food Truck Revolution Hits Earth Day Food & Wine Festival
So long as you haven’t been living under a rock, you know there has been a huge food truck revolution in the US! Mainly in the big cities for obvious population density reasons. Hoot has read numerous articles about the Los Angeles food truck scene and how they’re using social … [Read more...]
Consilience Wine – Our First Stop in Los Olivos!
As many of you know, we went on a mini road trip down to the Solvang/Los Olivos area over Easter weekend in order to do some exploratory wine tasting and then spend Easter Sunday with Annie’s family in Santa Maria. Our first tasting room stop on the trip was in Los Olivos at … [Read more...]
Hospice du Rhone, NOT Royal Wedding!
So, in light of the fact that we're a week away from both the Royal Wedding and the 2011 Hospice du Rhone Grand Tasting...we thought we'd share our experiences at the 2010 Grand Tasting with you! This will inevitably demonstrate why we'll be at the 2011 Grand Tasting next … [Read more...]
Got Adventure???
Today’s post is about a weekend wine adventure we are going on after work today. We will be heading down to Solvang and Los Olivos to blog about many wineries, some restaurants, and the hotel we’re staying in. So the question is…do you give yourself enough adventures?? Oh crap, … [Read more...]
Cass – The Best 4-Letter Word at EDFW11!
Cass Winery. There’s not a lot more to say than that. They definitely have a cult following, and we found them at the Earth Day Food and Wine Festival 2011! Brian Cass tells us all about their wines, their location, and why they do what they do so well! If you’ve never been … [Read more...]
Judging a Wine by its Label? Not Any More…
About a week and a half ago, we had the opportunity to go out to Eberle Winery here in Paso Robles, after Mr. Eberle (Gary) invited us via a comment on one of our blog posts. He invited us out because he was barbequing at the Tasting Room (although he wasn’t supposed to be in … [Read more...]
Sunday Sunday Funday at Silver Horse Winery
Who really has anything fun to do on a Sunday? Okay, that might be a little bit dramatic...but we found this great event at Silver Horse Vineyard and Winery called Sunday Funday! Really, who can resist something with a name like that? Especially when you get to lounge around … [Read more...]