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South African wine tourism is flourishing. With a commitment to sustainability and fair trade policies at the forefront, South African wine now ranks seventh worldwide. With ratings higher than ever, a closer look brings us face to face with the individuals who represent this stunningly beautiful country’s food and wine culture.

[Silverado, Calif.] – Saturday, September 7 welcomes the 4th Annual OC Brew Ha Ha craft beer festival at the beautiful Oak Canyon Private Park in Silverado near Irvine Lake. Over 70 award-winning breweries will be showcasing over 175 craft and import beers in support of the Orange County Fallen Firefighters Relief Fund.

TORAH on TAP: OCEANSIDE JEWISH CENTER MEN’S CLUB                               May 23, 2013

As much as drinking wine, I enjoy talking with wine people.  Fortunately, I get to do that quite often, sometimes several times per week, by phone, at restaurants in New York, at wineries in Greece or Paso Robles or Mendoza.  Somewhere in the middle of the discussion of grape-growing and winemaking techniques, a topic will often pop up like those red plastic “it’s done” temperature ga

Since there is a color called “passion pink”, there should be a ”passion green” for folks like Tuscan winemaker Michele Manelli of Salcheto.  Everything about Manelli and Salcheto is green except the color of their wines.

In the sub-culture of wine marketing, the most-interesting tales are told of indie wine importers who got their starts tirelessly and sometimes fanatically searching out small wine producers in their chosen regions – the Loire or Liguria, Austria or Australia, Piemonte or Provence.  Almost always these importers are solitary men who bird-dog the trade fairs and spend weeks along the back r

So what is a ‘trophy red?’ Nearly every member of our panel of distinguished sommeliers asked that question when we asked them if they would like to contribute their favorites for this article. Our facile and somewhat macabre answer was “a wine to die for, or perhaps even to kill for.”

It is only because I am a fanatic about staying on schedule that I force myself to button up my raincoat and take the elevator downstairs and out onto the windy March streets of Manhattan after spending an hour talking with Nicole Rolet and drinking her Chêne Bleu wines.

Forget harvest for Napa Valley excitement. To uncover who and what makes the place tick, consider the trade event called Première Napa.

During the four-day event in February, you can sample the finest Napa Valley wines and buy unique wine to resell later.

Experience the whole world’s offering of wines and spirits in just five days! Targeting importers, wholesalers, retailers, chain and supermarket buyers, restaurateurs, sommeliers and press, VINEXPO is regarded as the ultimate place to conduct business. More than 48,000 visitors are expected to attend VINEXPO 2013 to see 2400 exhibitors from over 47 countries.

Even for someone who loves authenticity in food, Italian-born New York restaurateur Tony May is the first to tell you that what’s traditional is a changing target.

Since opening in 2007, The Drawing Room, a 60-seat American restaurant in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood, has been praised by both establishment and social network media for its commitment to food-and-beverage excellence.