Posts belonging to 'Fine Food'
January 11, 2013 | Posted by Liz Dodder
Written & photographed by Liz Dodder I don’t know if 13 is a lucky number or not, but 2013 is turning out to be a fabulous number for hungry folks in the Santa Ynez Valley this Jan 20-26. That’s when you can get a 3-course meal at 16 restaurants throughout the valley for — get this —$20.13. [...]
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Categories: Fine Food, Restaurants | 
Tags: ballard, ballard inn, los olivos, petros, restaurant week, santa ynez wine club, solvang, Succulent Cafe | 
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December 18, 2012 | Posted by Santa Ynez Wine Club
This time of year tends to be a bit busy. Along with the normal work grind, we have shopping, decorating, childrens’ holiday performances, numerous parties and open houses. While fun and festive, it is a bit overwhelming as well. We decided to take a few hours and escape the hecticness. What better way to do [...]
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Categories: Featured Wines, Fine Food, Food & Wine Pairing, Restaurants, Wine Tasting, Wineries | Tags: avant tapas and wine bar buellton, Chardonnay, di bruno, falcone family vineyards, hitching post highliner wine, pinot noir, sangiovese, sauvignon blanc, vincent family vineyards | No Comments »
November 8, 2012 | Posted by Liz Dodder
Written & photographed by Liz Dodder There are many reasons to eat breakfast or lunch at Sides Hardware & Shoes: the bright location right off Grand Ave in Los Olivos, the great fresh and local ingredients in the dishes, the ever-changing menu, the chef brothers Matt & Jeff Nichols (longtime chefs in the Santa Ynez [...]
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Categories: Fine Food, Restaurants | Tags: bacon, breakfast, dinner, los olivos, lunch, restaurant | 4 Comments »
February 16, 2012 | Posted by Michelle Ball
by Michelle Ball photos by Jeremy Ball, Bottle Branding Italy has it all. Great fashion, beautiful people, priceless art, delicious comfort-food, and amazing wines including those that flow freely from the tap like water. In Italy, wine is about food, friends and family. It’s a sort of communion that is the prerequisite for every meal. In [...]
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Categories: Archives, Fine Food, Food & Wine Pairing, Wine Maker, Wine Making, Wine Tasting | Tags: blair fox cellars, clos pepe, fiddlehead cellars, jon mcdaniel, kathy joseph, los olivos wine merchant & cafe, palmina, santa ynez wine club, Stolpman, wes hagen | 3 Comments »
February 10, 2012 | Posted by Michelle Ball
by Michelle Ball photos by Jeremy Ball, Bottle Branding She’s beautiful, sensitive and on occasion even seductive. She responds well to attention and care, but will show badly if left unprotected. She can be surprisingly sweet and lush, or sometimes racy and lean. She exudes an eau de earth unlike any other grape, intoxicating [...]
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Categories: Archives, Fine Food, Food & Wine Pairing, Wine Making, Wine Tasting, Wineries | Tags: bottle branding, Central City Market, Cliffs Resort, clos pepe, Flying Goat, Hitching Post II, Lido's Restaurant, melville, pinot noir, Pismo Beach, Succulent Cafe, wes hagen, WOPN | 1 Comment »
January 26, 2012 | Posted by Santa Ynez Wine Club
By, Angela Soleno Last week I attended the Santa Ynez Wine Club’s dinner at Grappolo‘s. Here is what I have to say: In the back of Grappolo there is a room you may or may not know about. This room is only for private parties and is not attached to the main restaurant. Intrigued by [...]
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Categories: Archives, Fine Food, Food & Wine Pairing, Restaurants, Wine Tasting | Tags: bien nacido vineyard, clendenen family vineyards, foxen, grappolo, mobsy wine, palmina, tessa marie, tre anelli | No Comments »
