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San Francisco’s Winter Fancy Food Show

February 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

Every January, San Francisco wakes up from its post-holiday sluggishness and hosts the Specialty Food Association’s Winter Fancy Food Show. This is an industry-only affair in which more than one thousand purveyors of packaged foods display more than 80,000 specialty foods and beverages. That’s right; more than 80,000; everything from chips and dips to olives and […]

Filed Under: Dining, Events, Featured-City, Food & Wine, San Francisco, SF-Learning, Wine Events

Havana Cuba’s Nighttime Entertainment

April 3, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Cuba is an island of music. We took advantage of every opportunity to explore different elements of this musical heritage. We spent many hours in cafes and lounges, selected primarily on the basis of the music they offered. Although this mandated many, many drinks, we made the necessary sacrifice to enjoy a broad range of […]

Filed Under: Cuba, Destinations, Events, Featured-City, Havana, North America, Sightseeing, Theater, Travel Tagged With: Cabarat Tropicana, Cuban music, Inglaterra Hotel, Legends de Guarjirato

Latin American Wine and Spirits Tasting in San Francisco

January 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

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We had a recent treat: A chance to reacquaint ourselves with hundreds of Latin American wines and spirits without even having to travel to South America. The San Francisco Trade and Media Latin American Wine and Spirits Tasting provided an opportunity to taste dozens of wines from countries including Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay. As […]

Filed Under: Events, Featured-Trips, Food & Wine, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine Tasting

A Taste of Mendocino in San Francisco

July 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

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Mendocino is always a great place to visit. The scenery, food, wine, hospitality are first rate. But even better is when we don’t have to travel to taste the foods and wines of the region. Taste of Mendocino provided such an opportunity in San Francisco recently. There, we had an opportunity to taste dozens of […]

Filed Under: Destination Type, Events, Featured-Trips, Food & Wine, Travel, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: Goldeneye, Handley Cellars, https://www.gowanorchards.com/our-ciders/, Husch Vineyards, Lula Cellars, Maple Creek Winery, Navarro Vineyards, Pathea Winery

Howell Mountain Spring 2016 Wine Tasting

January 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Napa Valley is well known for its excellent wines. But high in the northeast side of the Napa Valley, above the fog, is the lesser-known Howell Mountain AVA. This region’s wines are produced through a combination of its nutrient-deprived soil (a combination of volcanic ash and red clay), high elevation (above 1,400 feet), generally lower, […]

Filed Under: Events, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Wine Events, Wine Tasting

Syracuse in Summer 2015: an Event-Filled Weekend

July 31, 2015 Leave a Comment

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We recently made a short, but event-packed trip to Syracuse New York, mostly to see family, but also to get caught up on what was happening there. Events Hill Cumorah Pageant. We timed our visit specifically to go to this annual happening, a pageant that has been held …

Filed Under: Art, Cities, Dining, Events, Restaurants, Syracuse, Wine Events, Wine Tasting Tagged With: art, Evens, music, restaurants, Syracuse, wineries

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