Exploring California and Oregon Petite Sirahs

An afternoon with Petite Sirahs

Petite Sirah is all about passion. Petite Sirah got its name because of the size of the grapes, not because the flavor is petite. It has a large skin-to-pulp ratio. The key to making a good Petite Sirah is to tame the tannins from the skins and bring forward the fruit flavor. It’s one of the most powerful reds on earth and is a cross between powerful and elegant. Continue Reading →

Tranquil Heart Vineyards and Winery

Gather and enjoy wines

I’m not a big rosé fan so I always tell people not to be offended if I don’t like their rosé. That being said, Bill’s Barbera Rosé is spectacular! He says that he gets 3 times the amount of Barbera than other fruits. Continue Reading →

Garden By The C Pop-up Restaurant

Garden by the C Restaurant

Dine Diego, in lieu of San Diego Restaurant Week, happens in San Diego until October 15, 2020. 300 San Diego restaurants are participating in this showcase event to show the public different outdoor dining and take away dining options. We are lucky that our great weather allows for comfortable outdoor patio dining and I was lucky enough to enjoy a fabulous dinner in La Jolla at the outdoor setting for a new pop-up restaurant- Garden by the C. Continue Reading →

Manzanar War Relocation Center (Part 3 Highway 395 story)

Entrance to Manzanar

1 camp, 10,000 lives and 10,000 stories. After the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, then President Franklin D. Roosevelt, fearing that Japanese Americans might sympathize with Japan and work against the US, signed an executive order allowing military personnel to remove any or all persons in this category residing in the West Coast. Continue Reading →