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We’re Giving Away Three Tickets to Saturday’s ‘Wine Riot’ The Downtown event features 56 wineries and over 250 wines.
By Hadley Tomicki
Crime Scenes
Oct. 5, 2012
O.C. Man Popped In Major Wine Heist George Osumi faces sixteen years in prison.
By Hadley Tomicki
Quote of the Day
Aug. 17, 2011
Reading Between the Wines In seventeenth-century England, your drink of choice was a political statement.
By Jenny Miller
Do Like AC/DC and Make Your Own Wine, at Brooklyn Winery The rockers are pumping out a wine label, and lo, Brooklyn Winery’s craft-your-own season just began! Perfect timing.
By Jenny Miller
Quote of the Day
Mar. 22, 2011
Jay-Z: Champagne Mastermind “Everybody should take a lesson who wants to sell wine that sucks.”
Malibu Winemakers Celebrated in Santa Monica Yes, Napa, there is good wine being made in Malibu.
By Hadley Tomicki
Starbucks Changes Its Logo; Food Trucks Robbed in KTown After 40 years, the coffee company is entitled to a mid-life crisis.
Le Zinque Strives to Link to Abbot Kinney’s Trendier Side A wine and coffee bar will revel in French atmosphere and small plates, bringing a more grown-up alternative to weekend shenanigans at The Brig.
By Hadley Tomicki
A Vineyard Grows in Catalina; Kiddies Consuming Too Much Caffeine The Wrigley family seeks to lure tourists into the island with booze, while 75% of youngsters are buzzing on soda.
Sublime Lets You Drink Like Thomas Jefferson at Half the Cost Randall Rosa’s Culver City restaurant is offering half-priced bottles of wine this month.
By Hadley Tomicki
Where To Drink $5 Glasses of Beaujolais Nouveau All Night West Adams wine bar Bacaro tells us they’re well-stocked for an all-night celebration.
Plastic Bags Banned by L.A. County; French and Mexican Foods Need Protection Unincorporated areas of L.A. will see plastic grocery bags phased out, while The U.N. starts looking to save cultural cuisine.
Monopole Wine Opens in Pasadena Well-curated labels, tastings, classes, and events are planned in the Prohibition-era building, but when that fails, there’s an online store too.
By Hadley Tomicki
Monopole Wine Store Opening Soon in Pasadena The shop details the horrors of California bureaucracy in its own blog.
By Hadley Tomicki
A Mouse Gives Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Nightmares; Food Stamps Rebranded The loudmouth chef needs pest control, while the newly named CalFresh program has the approval of focus groups.
What To Drink Tonight at Intelligentsia Pasadena A collaboration with Eagle Rock brewery using Intelligentsia’s coffee will also debut tonight.
By Hadley Tomicki
Providence Pairs With Craggy Range Tonight The influential New Zealand winemaker will pair with a five-course menu at L.A.’s creative seafood sanctuary.
By Hadley Tomicki
Slideshows
Sept. 28, 2010
By Hadley Tomicki
Free LudoTruck For First 20 Domaine L.A. Tasters Jill Bernheimer celebrates getting a tasting license by bringing in the famous fried chicken.
By Hadley Tomicki
Snooki Complains About Jail Food; IHOP Sues International House of Prayer The Jersey Shore star complains she wasn’t fed while locked up, while the famous pancake chain targets potential copyright infringement in Kansas.
The First Lady Urges Healthier Choices at Restaurants; Gaga’s Raw Meat Dress Michelle Obama addresses the National Restaurant Association and the avant garde pop performer offends some vegans and vegetarians.
By Hadley Tomicki
Joshua Klapper Announces 5th Anniversary Vintage of La Fenêtre A limited amount of the 2008 vintage just went on sale from this former Sona sommelier.
By Hadley Tomicki
Ludo Lefebvre Explains It All; Alex Reznik Is Not Into Coke and Hookers The pop-up chef just wants to be free, while the Cafe Was chef explains comments made on Top Chef .
The Other Critics
Aug. 19, 2010
GQ Jumps On The L.A. Love Train; Gold Gets Offended by Santa Monica PlaceElsewhere, S. Irene Virbila and L.A. mag both lose it over Waterloo & City’s shepard’s pie.
By Hadley Tomicki
Adam Leemon Teaching at Pourtal The co-host of Tasting Room with Tom Leykis will explore subjects like terroir and pairings in five small sessions.
By Hadley Tomicki
Coming Soon
Aug. 10, 2010
Wine Expo Reveals Its Tasting Room With an opening weeks away, owners invite the curious to come take a look.
By Hadley Tomicki
Mandela Family Enters The Wine World; Malibu Canyon Remains Might Break Matrice Missing for nearly a year following an arrest at Geoffrey’s restaurant, a grim new discovery might bring answers.
This Summer: All Riesling, All the Time One wacky wine man thinks so, and he’s not the only one.
By Daniel Maurer
Syrah Sales Stuck in a Slump Skylark owner John Lancaster assesses a strange sales situation in the wine world.
By Hadley Tomicki
Bodega Expanding to Hollywood The third, biggest, and most central location of the Italian wine bar opens on Monday.
By Hadley Tomicki
Coming Soon
July 22, 2010
Wine Expo’s Tasting Room Almost Ready To Serve Santa Monica Inspections are passed on the store’s long-awaited cheese and salumi tasting room.
By Hadley Tomicki
Craft Welcomes Winemaker Paul Lato to Dinner The Polish-born winemaker bring his in-demand pinots to Century City for a night.
By Hadley Tomicki
Foodies With Benefits
July 8, 2010
By Hadley Tomicki
Covell Wine Bar Starts Serving Los Feliz Dustin Lancaster, a former Cafe Stella bartender, focuses on affordable wines-by-the-glass and the possibilities of charcuterie and cheese plates.
By Hadley Tomicki
Baldwin Park Bans New Drive-Thrus Through 2010; Rene Redzepi Does His Own The birthplace of In-N-Out strikes a blow to fast food while the owner of the so-called “best restaurant in the world” doesn’t rely on staff to source his kitchen.
Wine Words Ten of them that you might find useful.
By Daniel Maurer
Neighborhood Watch
June 16, 2010
Laurent Quenioux Cooking at Le Saint Amour; SimonLA Celebrates Fete de la Bistro LQ joins a chef exchange program and Sofitel goes Gallic, with the music to prove it.
By Hadley Tomicki
A Look Into Mignon Wine Bar, Now Open Downtown Old world wines and a selection of hard-to-find cheese graces the tiny space.
By Hadley Tomicki
Lou’s Owner Recommends Rosé Everyday In L.A. Los Angeles might be an exception to the rules of drinking wine in season.
By Hadley Tomicki
Empire Building
June 7, 2010
Wine Expo on ‘Death March Construction Schedule’ The store strives for an opening before July 4th.
By Hadley Tomicki
Drink Wine on Tap in Astoria Each keg contains the equivalent of 28 bottles.
By Jenny Miller
LeBron James Tempted By Iron Chef Symon; Shark Fins Banned In Hawaii An NBA all-star gets an edible offer to stay in Cleveland, while an endangered animal gets protection from restaurant goers.
Win Two Free Tickets to City of Angels Wine Fest!! 30 California wineries and chefs from patina unite on Memorial Day.
By Hadley Tomicki
White House Pushes Healthy Eating; Organic Wines Take L.A.’s Spotlight A presidential decree and a presidential pastry chef keep their focus on nutrition, while natural wines are the focus of local restaurants this week.
Jose Andres Brings Spanish Winemaker to Saam Dinner Alejandro Fernandez gets Andres credit for putting Spain on the wine map.
By Hadley Tomicki
Two New Wine Bars Opening in Venice in 2010 Both aim to provide a counterpoint to the city’s young nightlife.
By Hadley Tomicki
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