By Rick Riozza While gearing up for the coming 2013 Palm Springs Restaurant Week celebration, I thought it would be a great idea to prime up our vino sense and sensibility so we’ll be in shape for all the gourmet food and fine wine ahead us. And this is a great time to get...
By Rick Riozza We are still figuratively knee-deep in pink wine. As reported, Rosés are the “new hit” fun wines for the warmer days a-comin where we can enjoy the light qualities of a white wine along with the touch more fuller flavors of a red. This wine works all...
By Rick Riozza Last week we figuratively dove into a big fat vat of pink wine discussing how this wonderful Rosé brew is experiencing a re-birth with vino lovers. We wrote that the new “American palate” is now appreciating the Provençal style dry or non-sweet blush wine...
By Rick Riozza Rosé’s quality continues on the rise, and whether sparkling or still, this fresh, fruity wine is the perfect quaff for the desert’s evanescent spring and summertime throughout the world. A couple of weeks ago, I had the great opportunity to meet and speak...
By Rick Riozza Okay—whether one pronounces Chateau “St. Jean” as “Saint-Gene”, or, the French, “SÃn Zjoh(ñ)”, ( I know—better heard than spelled ) all that doesn’t matter when enjoying this season’s wine dinner finale to one of the most successful...
It had been ages since these religious leaders got together, and, in unrehearsed unison they all looked at each other and exclaimed, “You look like I need a drink!” And then each one proceeded to order their own bottle of wine. The rabbi spoke first, “You know, wine...
Here in the desert, we’ve got to seize the spring day because that dominant sun overhead is poised to squeeze the green right out of our pasta primavera. And one way to maintain a little semblance of a springtime breeze is to enjoy an absolutely tasty refreshing white wine...
JOY Asian Cuisine Restaurant located in the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino is serving up some of the best comfort meals this side of Chinatown. From traditional time honored recipes of old-world China to modern Chinese fare favorites such as Dim Sum, Congee, and Wok Fried...
Petite Sirah, like Zinfandel, is one of the few wines that California has taken to itself and produced something special. Originally from France (you know its cousin, Syrah, already) this grape with a feminine name really produces a wine quite on the brawny side with a dense...
When in Rome, drink wine as the Romans do. With all of the goings-on of the election and arrival of Pope Francis and all of the international news coverage surrounding Vatican City and Rome—and add to the fact that the heat’s on here in the desert, man!—I have had such an...
