Eat, drink Mexico
with what is poised to be the leader in a new wave of resort hotels. The new Aqua Cancun offers serious dining with restaurants by Michelle Berstein, Franco Maddalozzo and Marth Ortiz along with a tequila and wine bar.

February 2008

Drinking to save the planet
Check out the new website Better Wines, Better World and start doing your part!

January 2008

Winering and dining
Travel and Leisure names the top 5 winery restaurants, from the Napa Valley to Rioja, Spain. 

The truth shall set you free
The Truth About Food is back! Tune in to Discovery Health to find out how you can eat your way to slim, sexy and satisfied. We love this show!

December 2007

You choose 2008
Not sure who to put on your ballot? The AP has given you a new way to choose. For some bizarre reasion, the AP has published a list of the '08 presidential candidates coffee preferences. Hillary likes hers with cream. Lap it up.

October 2007

Now on sale
Its Napa in the nude with the Napa County Farm Bureau's Napa Uncovered 2008 calendar. Check out Mike Honig, Jon-Mark Chappellet and more of Napa's finest growers in nothing more than what nature gave them all in the name of saving Napa's natural resources. Order your copy at http://www.napauncovered.com.

Seascapes and Seafood Wash Up on D.C.
In celebration of the touring exhibit, "Impressionists by the Sea" on display at the Phillips Collection, the Fairmont Washington D.C. is offering a special package which includes accommodations and a special, seafood dinner for two. Bon appetit and sweet dreams.

September 2007

Peju Sees Green
Peju Winery's Rutherford property has joined the green party. One of our favorite Napa properties, Peju is now among the growing number of Napa Valley wineries to grow organic.

Wine Goes Hollywood!
Frank Family Vineyard Owner to Receive Emmy
Rich Frank, founder of Frank Family Vineyards, will receive the Syd Cassyd Founders Award at the 2007 Emmy's. Frank, a longtime tv exec, is noted for his anti-drug television campaigns launched in collaboration with the Regan administration.

August 2007

Wine Label Can Ruin a Meal
According to a recent Cornell University study, the look of a label can impact a meal, for better or for worse. Read more at http://www.physorg.com/news105623535.html

So Cal Booze Hounds Can Save on Wine
Learn About Wine, a leader in Southern California wine education, is now offering a membership program. Preferred winos get such perks as special tastings, discounts on event ticket prices and waived corkage at fine restaurants. Visit http://www.learnaboutwine.com to enroll.

July 2007

Ramsay's Nightmares come to the U.S.
If you have BBC, you probably already know Kitchen Nightmares, the save-the-restaurant show. One of our favorite shows, Nightmares reveals the caring side of the insult-slinging chef from Hell's Kitchen. The U.S. version hit some rough patches along the way, (from delayed airing dates to lawsuits). But according to Fox, fall will see the debut. Nominate your restaurant for feature in a future episode at http://www.fox.com/kitchennightmares/.

Thomas Keller does Disney
You might not be able to get a reservation at The French Laundry, but you can catch Chef Thomas Keller's work on the big screen. Keller was the culinary consultant on the summer hit, Ratatouille, the film that makes it ok to bring rats into the kitchen.

5 Second Rule? Try 30!
Great news for cooking slobs: the 5 second rule has been tested and approved. Students from Connecticut College put the old rule of 5 seconds on the floor and a food is still edible rule. The team found that not only was food germ free after 5 seconds, but many foods were germ free for 5 minutes. The group concluded that a standard of 30 seconds is a safe bet for germ-free floor dining.

June 2007

He Prunes, He Stomps and He Thinks He Can Dance
The summer tv lineup has a new shining star. If you haven't caught his moves already, be sure to tune into Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" to check out the moves of Paso Robles native and vintner, Jesus Solorio. While he hopes to impress America with his moves, Solorio's true passion is the vine. And we can't stop drinking him in.

Environmental Gourmet in LA
Chef Neal Frasier of sexy LA spot Grace introduces what he calls the "close to home tasting menu" featuring only local, organic and artisan-produced food products like Morro Bay sand dabs and Devil's Gulch pork.$70pp

May 2007

One of our favorite women of wine has launched Natalie Maclean's Food and Wine Matcher. Nat offers over 300,000 of her favorite pairings including matches for jello... Yep, jello. Taste it: http://nataliemaclean.com/matcher/

Coppola Winery has an Identity, Finally: after almost a year of waiting, Francis Ford Coppola announced the name of his new, Sonoma County winery. Welcome Rosso & Bianco, a little piece of Italy in northern Sonoma County.

April 2007

Attention Wine Lovers: the skies have just gotten friendlier. Now you can fly Horizon from Los Angeles and Seattle to Santa Rosa in the heart of Sonoma Wine Country.

March 2007

A great reason to pick up the Washington Post: Eat Something Sexy's favorite food writing duo, Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg, are now writing a wine column for the political press.

The 2007 James Beard Award nominations have been announced. To get the scoop on where to dine, what to read and who to watch visit http://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/index.php

Famed restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow, (best known as Rocco DiSpirito's partner in the ill-fated Rocco's), has launched one of the food world's most amusing blogs. In retaliation against what he deems, (and probably rightly), NY's less-than-qualified restaurant critics, Chodorow's new blog reviews the restaurant reviews printed in two of NYC's top publications. Lap it up at http://www.chinagrillmgt.com/blog/.

February 2007

Porn Star's Wine Wins Rave Reviews
Get the scoop on Savanna Samson's new wine, Sogno Uno at decanter.com.

Local Wine Events goes mobile! Now you can access America's favorite food and wine calendar on the fly. Yum! Next time you're thirsting for an event, just pull up http://www.localwineevents.com on your phone.

January 2007
Are you cooking with steam heat? IVillage calls it the trend of 2007. See what else your kitchen needs in the new year: http://home.ivillage.com/hottrends/0,,b1g2hwjm-4,00.html

 

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