Join Dick Rosano for a Wine Tour of Piemonte and The Alba Truffle Festival!

This fall, author and wine expert Dick Rosano and Chef Stephen Sands will lead a small group of food and wine adventurerers on a tour through the Piemonte region of Italy.  Want to join them?  Here are the highlights of the 10-day boondoggle: Numerous degustazioni wine sampler lunches and cantina visits with local hosts under Dick’s [...]

Sommelier Spencer Cruse of Drago Centro

  This week I interviewed Spencer Cruse, who is the relatively new sommelier at LA’s Drago Centro.  Spencer took the reigns from Michael Shearin, who continues to help Spencer with sourcing in his new capacity as an importer/distributor.  The first thing I noticed while perusing the Drago’s menus was the difference in prices between this year and [...]

Mother’s Day Shopping: For Wine-loving Moms

It’s getting very close to last minute for your Mothers Day gift selection. But if you live near your mom and she likes wine, you are in luck. You have many options. If she likes sweet wine, consider an Italian Moscato d’Asti, which is produced in Italy’s Piedmont region near the town of Asti. Piedmont [...]

2005 Luciano Sandrone, Barbera D’Alba, DOC

This week we offer a recommendation from Henry Davar, the wine director at Carnevino Italian Steakhouse at the Palazzo resort in Las Vegas. He leads a team which includes Charlie Townsend and three other sommeliers in managing an impressive selection of wines that pair up to the culinary creations of Mario Batali’s protégé, Zach Allen. [...]