Wines

Easy dinner recipes: Breakfast for dinner and other quick ideas

2013-05-23 13:12:00

Breakfast for dinner. Sometimes nothing sounds better after a long day. And so often, it's easy to fix -- c'mon, we usually cook breakfast when we're barely awake, so you know the recipes can't be that challenging. Let us offer some suggestions, including...

What was the last bottle of wine that blew you away? Bestia wine guru confides

2013-05-22 14:26:00

Maxwell Leer is sommelier at Bestia, praised by the L.A. Times for its "new, anti-California cuisine." Leer provides a sometimes offbeat wine program to complement the Italian cuisine at this downtown L.A. restaurant. He recently talked about his...

Get Happy

2013-05-22 15:13:00

In today’s economy, everyone is looking for a deal — especially when they’re on vacation. Luckily, Las Vegas’ many restaurants and lounges don’t disappoint. Whether it’s food or cocktails you crave, Las Vegas has a...

New L.A. bars for summer cocktails: Invention, Parish, Federal Bar, Old Lightning

2013-05-22 09:00:00

Your summer cocktail options are growing. A wave of new L.A.-area bars have just opened or are soon to open, including a new wine bar (and cocktail program) at the Parish, the third-floor bar at the private Los Angeles Athletic Club and the coming...

Great Gatsby drinks Moet. What pricey Champagne should you buy?

2013-05-13 12:05:00

Watch the new Baz Luhrmann film “The Great Gatsby,” based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, and you’ll come out of the theater thirsting for Champagne. Almost every scene featuring the high-living Jay Gatsby is the excuse to pop...

Wine of the Week: 2008 Tenuta di Trinoro Rosso Toscano 'Le Cupole'

2013-05-18 00:00:00

� The term "Rosso Toscano" usually indicates an inexpensive wine made for everyday drinking. But in this case, the wine is essentially a Super Tuscan, made from a blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Not a drop of...

When the film industry drives you to drink, open a wine shop: Domaine L.A.

2013-05-17 13:00:00

Jill Bernheimer is the proprietor of the sweet little wine shop Domaine LA. After working many years in the film business for producers and then as an independent producer, she says laughingly, the film business drove her to drink. “Wine was...

Easy dinner recipes: Moroccan chicken soup and more!

2013-05-17 07:00:00

Soup. It's the perfect one-dish meal. A little of this, a little of that -- before you know it, dinner is served. It's simple. But perhaps the best thing? Soup always seems to taste best the next day, after the flavors have really had a chance to marry....

Beer of the Month: Hangar 24 Orange Wheat

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Redlands' Hangar 24 makes some interesting beers with dates, wine grapes and other fruits. This one, with its sunny orange personality, seems particularly right for spring. It starts out as a German-style weizen, so you might be able to detect faint...

Italian wine festival Vino California continues

2013-05-15 18:10:00

It’s Day 2 of the five-day Vino California festival, with more events celebrating Italian wines to come:� Tonight and Thursday Bar Toscana bar manager William Perbellini will be pouring specially priced cocktails based on Italian spirits for $8 to...

Wine prices climb as demand puts squeeze on supplies

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Ordering some Chardonnay or Cabernet while eating out can sometimes be the priciest part of a meal. And it's only getting more expensive. The price of vino by the glass rose steadily over the last six months, according to Restaurant Sciences, an...

At a salon on Melrose, flowing wine and food for thought

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Six men and two women sit down to a simple dinner around a rectangular table in a glassed-in upstairs room at Osteria la Buca. It's 7:30 on a Tuesday night in spring, and the sun is just barely sinking into the city haze, leaving Melrose Avenue awash in...

The color of wine: Deep, dark hues in a red can raise expectations of tasting delicious; a glint of green in a white can indicate its freshness; an edge of brown in any wine signifies age.

2013-05-21 14:36:24

Sample micro-brewed beers and wines from Mid-Atlantic vineyards while listening to live music and enjoying delicious food at Wine in the Park, at Northside Park, 125th Street, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days. The $22 admission include a wine glass and samples. Info.:

2013-05-21 00:00:00

The West Virginia Wine & Arts festival features wine sampling, live music, cooking demonstrations and more Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26, at Boydville mansion in Martinsburg, W.Va.

2013-05-21 00:00:00