Posts in category Wines

We’ve come a long way since the cellars of yore. No longer are our pantries rife with creepy crawlies. Never again will we brave a rickety ladder with a tallow candle in hand just to plunder the stores for a midnight snack or a bottle of wine. From iceboxes to …

Sparkling wine and special occasions could almost be considered synonymous so it goes without saying that on Valentine’s Day, this is the perfect wine to enjoy with your loved one. There are many types of bubbly, whether it is Champagne, Cava, New Zealand or California sparkling wine.   Each style is …

This week Drink Me unveils its brand new ‘City Ambassador’ program! We’re on the search for enthusiastic city guru’s who want to showcase their favorite city to the WORLD.  If you’re an ambitious get-goer, always on the lookout for the latest and greatest places to eat and drink in town, …

St. Helena offers an embarrassment of riches when it comes to food and wine. It is home to the famed Culinary Institute of America – the professional birthplace of dozens of talented chefs who went on to culinary fame and fortune. It is the appellation equivalent of Miss Universe pageant, …

The Bay Area is no stranger to the generosity of millionaires, but most recently, it seems like wine is the chosen gift to give! The incredibly thoughtful act is being carried out in restaurants across the Bay Area and Silicon Valley and is most frequently gifted to those who look like they …

It’s important to see what the masses are drinking, that’s why we’ve teamed up with Vivino, the world’s #1 wine app, to uncover the most highly rated Californian red blends according to their 7.5 million users. The following 10 wines came out as highest rated throughout 2014, how many have …

Here we have ten of Ventura County’s best wines from five of its best wineries. Grapes have been planted here off and on for hundreds of years by everyone from Chumaash natives to missionaries and all the way through the 1990’s. At that point, the dreaded glassy-winged sharpshooter infested the …

Napa County Sherriff’s Captain Doug Pike reported that 72 bottles of rare wine had been confiscated from a home in Greensboro, North Carolina. The collection, reaching just over $300k in value had been acquired by a wine buyer who was unaware of the stolen nature of wine. The majority of …

In the upper Ojai valley in Ventura County, just around sunset, the Topa Topa mountain range suddenly bursts to life with pinkish hues that light the ground, the sky, the very air. Locals call it “the pink moment”and it adds to Ojai’s reputation for other-worldly contemplation and a hippy-like groove. …

When it comes to the mysterious health benefits of wine, no one has pioneered the way quite like British wine expert Roger Corder.  Author of best-selling book The Red Wine Diet, Roger has conducted groundbreaking research on the topic for over two decades.  Drink Me recently caught up with Roger to …

The sprawl of Los Angeles puts a quick small-town getaway in the “easier said than done” category. But enter Ojai, California, just 80 miles from Los Angeles and with many of the perks of a California paradise including good food, drinks, and beautiful scenery. Friday Like I do on most …